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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 651959, member: 7638&quot;]Another purchase, several years ago from &quot;slum pisa,&quot; was a 32-s quarter. I also bought a 32-d at the same time, both advertised as &quot;BU&quot; for &quot;AU&quot; money.&nbsp; Where could I go wrong?</p><p>I sent both coins to ICG to be sure they were authentic (the old ICG, in Colo., when they would BB &#039;problem&#039; coins), and the 32-s was graded AU53, the 32-d AU55. And so I learned about &quot;sliders,&quot; ubiquitous in the early Washies. What I did not count on was finding the following when I recently brought home the 32-s for imaging:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/quarters/quarter1932-sobvdelta.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/quarters/quarter1932-sobvbeta.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse had a bunch of splotches of grayish haze- not there when purchased or graded!</p><p>After asking around, and worrying, I broke open the slab and soaked the coin overnight in acetone. This is how it looks now:</p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/quarter1932-sobvacetone.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It could have been pvc, residue from a dip (the seller dips everything, I think!) but now I believe in giving an acetone soak to any raw silver coin of value (others have recommended this before on this forum), and periodically checking on the condition of my coins in the sdb!&nbsp; Another lesson learned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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