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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3179161, member: 112&quot;]Here&#039;s the thing with coins like this one. When the &quot;material&quot;, whatever it is, is that thick and has obviously been there quite a while, there&#039;s almost always going to be some damage underneath it. So no matter what you do to it, and even assuming you do it all correctly - you&#039;re not gonna have much when you&#039;re finished.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now my guess is that is the remains of PVC residue. And it kinda looks to me like somebody has already messed with it, but I could be wrong on that count. If it were mine I&#039;d start with soaking it in acetone at least overnight. Then rinse it in some clean acetone and look at it. If it&#039;s come off great, if it hasn&#039;t, soak it for 2 days. Then rinse in clean acetone and look again. </p><p><br /></p><p>If it is PVC residue by then it should be gone. If it still isn&#039;t gone, then coin dip is what I&#039;d try next. You can try Jim&#039;s (desertgem) method, it works, and if trying to learn is the primary goal then that&#039;s a good way to start. </p><p><br /></p><p>But a &#039;21 Morgan in that condition isn&#039;t worth more than melt really so even if you just try straight dip for a 1 second dip followed by an instant rinse in distilled water you&#039;re not really going to hurt anything. And eventually you&#039;re gonna need to learn how to do that too. And with a coin like this is probably a good way to start. Remember what I said in the beginning - the coin is almost certainly already damaged.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now if this coin were MS or basically anything but what it is, I wouldn&#039;t suggest that to someone starting out. But it is what it is, and in simple terms you can&#039;t really hurt anything or reduce the value. Even if you beat it into a lump with a hammer it&#039;d still be worth the same amount.</p><p><br /></p><p>So take it for what it is and try to learn. Several different ways to go with that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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