68 years of toning, gone. Poof!

Because most of the time the cost and effort to sell one just isn’t worth it.

 

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I, too like it better now.
I tend not to buy UNC. coins that are toned, ever once in a while I do.

 

It does look better after.

So how was that adrenaline burst?

 

This is a fine example of why tweezers (and gloves) can and often do cause more harm than good. While good that this happened to a widget instead of something more valuable, you may want to reconsider your approach. Even "grippier rubber" tweezers will not solve the inherent dexterity issues.

 

When I think of blast white, I see dipped 100+ year old Morgans that are an unnatural color.
In this case it looks much better to me, than that awful tobacco tar toning.

 

I had acquired some estate cents, dollars, etc last year. I posted about how to clean the coins as the cents all had this slimy, oily feel to them. A Peace dollar had the same black ooze along the edges like the quarter. I asked the owner if the now passed parents had smoked .. yup, constantly smoked for decades and decades. Ick.

 

I agree, but I’m also not interested in touching that stuff with my bare hands... open to alternatives for sure!

We’ll never know, but that’s why I figured I’d share my blunder with the forum. In any case it’s a lesson and that’s probably worth much more than the value of this particular coin. I knew to be careful but having now actually felt that feeling of horror I’ll be even more so. Live and learn.

 

The "before" didn't have much eye appeal, so I think you did that coin a favor. It still has a hint of toning, nice luster, and is fully marketable. Now it just looks like a coin that has spent most of its life in a capsule.

Not sure what the concern is here. This "blunder" (your term, not mine) would never have happened if you had just grabbed the coin by the rim with your fingers and pulled it out. The dip solution isn't hazardous to your health.

 

The blunder is not that the coin was destroyed since it wasn’t, but I’d still have liked to see what it might have looked like with about 1/4 of the time it spent in there, that’s all.

 

Ah, I just read the label. I read it before and stopped at “Vapor Harmful” and assumed it was something I shouldn’t touch. Says soap and water if it comes in contact with skin, so that wouldn’t have been the end of the world.

Oh well...nothing MS looks right in the silver George slot on this page anyway, so my search continues for a Circcam Washington quarter in XF and clawcoins has a neat free coin on the way.

 

I like toning, but this was an excellent result

 

Great post. Thank you!

What product do you recommend as a neutralizing agent?

 

I was going to ask this same question.

 

@CircCam am I'm not much of a Quarter collector. But the 1950 has found it's place amongst my "quarter" collection as the ONLY Washington quarter. Other than I do hoard quarters in general. Sorry about the multi-color lighting and bad cell phone image.

Missing are my Heraldic Eagle & 2014 Gold SLQ which are probably in my SDB.

 

Nice Type 1 SLQ!

 

I've never dipped but appreciate your lessons learned. If you plan to dip with acetone, neutralize with distilled water and baking soda, and subsequently rinse with distilled water, I have a question, "how many coins can you dip before you chuck the solutions, on average"? I may start on some Washington quarters with little value over melt to hone my skills. If I have success, I may move to the Walker's, Peace's and Morgan's. As I often clean off my hands with gasoline to get rid of grease, a little acetone shouldn't kill me