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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 4644235, member: 27832"]<b>NO NO NO!</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>PLEASE</b> don't soak these coins in acid, even a gentle acid like vinegar. Distilled water is fine, acetone is also fine, but not acid.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Vinegar isn't a <i>strong</i> acid, and coin silver isn't as chemically active as cupronickel. But get even a tiny bit of <i>salt</i> in the mix, like from your sweat, and you've got a mixture that will corrode almost any coin's surface.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 4644235, member: 27832"][B]NO NO NO![/B] [B]PLEASE[/B] don't soak these coins in acid, even a gentle acid like vinegar. Distilled water is fine, acetone is also fine, but not acid. (Vinegar isn't a [I]strong[/I] acid, and coin silver isn't as chemically active as cupronickel. But get even a tiny bit of [I]salt[/I] in the mix, like from your sweat, and you've got a mixture that will corrode almost any coin's surface.)[/QUOTE]
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