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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bob Evancho, post: 3417580, member: 84595&quot;]There were over 600 silver dollars in the group that were all flood damaged in some way.&nbsp; All were soaked for days in CLR, many were dipped and/or soaked in Tarn-X, many soaked in acetone, all soaked in a pine sol type cleaner, and other chemicals.&nbsp; I was hoping the dealer knew what he used in what order.&nbsp; He did say that he had some copper coins in the CLR at times [ATTACH]906723[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]906725[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]906726[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]906727[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]906728[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]906729[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]906730[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]906731[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]906732[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]906734[/ATTACH] which may account for the golden toning.&nbsp; There was paint, rust, chemical corrosion, vehicle oils and grease and batteries acid and other material that settled on the coins.&nbsp; Oh, and plenty of mud. Many of the coins were in albums during the flood and the paper was still stuck to them.&nbsp; Most of the coins were sold to a Northeastern PA bullion dealer at the February coin show in Pittston, PA.&nbsp; I do know the golden toned ones were in CLR with copper pennies.&nbsp; I kept about 2 dozen to use in talks at our local coin club meetings about artificial toning.&nbsp; If you go to the Legend Coin auction for the 1924 MS-64 and right click on the obverse image and open in a new tab and then enlarge the image, you will see many problems with the coin.&nbsp; Do the same with the reverse and enlarge and you will see the chemical damage near the words United States Of America.&nbsp; Enlarge &quot;States Of&quot; and the damage is more prevalent.&nbsp;&nbsp; Just think PCGS got it right with Questionable Toning. Then they changed their mind. Hmm, buy the coin, not the Holder.&nbsp; I would enjoy doing a forensic diagnostic analysis on this coin in hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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