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<p>[QUOTE="LA_Geezer, post: 3020744, member: 89393"]I just looked through a few hundred LHCs I have as I offered to send a new member a few wheat cents that would help move his collection along. In the process, I looked through a number of Whitman folders, one of which had roughly 20 late 60s and early 70s coins Scotch taped to that flimsy info page. All of them look as if they left the mint yesterday. After I peeled the coins from the paper I began removing each of these coins from the tape itself. This left a sticky residue on each of the coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>With the guidance of member [USER=33176]@Kentucky[/USER] I doused a number of other coins (not new looking copper cents, though) in a bath of acetone, but before I do that with these LHCs, I would like expert opinions regarding the discoloration that might take place if I do this. Since it is apparent that these coins have avoided tarnishing for more than 40 years, it might be a better choice to put them in cardboard flips WITHOUT removing the tape residue?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LA_Geezer, post: 3020744, member: 89393"]I just looked through a few hundred LHCs I have as I offered to send a new member a few wheat cents that would help move his collection along. In the process, I looked through a number of Whitman folders, one of which had roughly 20 late 60s and early 70s coins Scotch taped to that flimsy info page. All of them look as if they left the mint yesterday. After I peeled the coins from the paper I began removing each of these coins from the tape itself. This left a sticky residue on each of the coins. With the guidance of member [USER=33176]@Kentucky[/USER] I doused a number of other coins (not new looking copper cents, though) in a bath of acetone, but before I do that with these LHCs, I would like expert opinions regarding the discoloration that might take place if I do this. Since it is apparent that these coins have avoided tarnishing for more than 40 years, it might be a better choice to put them in cardboard flips WITHOUT removing the tape residue?[/QUOTE]
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