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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1000007, member: 15199&quot;]Generally the terms acid and restored refer to a treatment of copper nickle coins such as 5 cent buffaloes. What is restored is an identifiable mint mark or date,&nbsp; what is lost is the original surface producing a totally damaged and identifiable surface. The profile of the buffalo coins was such that the date and mintmark wore very quickly, and that initiated the process.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most feel that any scarce date/mintmark recovered coin is only worth a small fraction of their &quot;good&quot; value. </p><p><br /></p><p>If it is any other coin such as lincoln cents, the process only destroys the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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