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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2662426, member: 24314&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Consider this:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>!. Baking soda is abrasive.&nbsp; Most people who use it on their coins will ruin them!</p><p>2. <b>Rookies</b> should never let baking soda near a coin unless it is in a solution used to neutralize it.</p><p>3. I consider the OP a rookie (lacking the experience of his dealer) and I am 98% sure there are microscopic hairlines on his coins.</p><p>4. His coins are not harshly cleaned.&nbsp; The sooner the folks around here learn the different degrees of cleaning and what a truly harshly cleaned coin looks like, I can stop throwing up <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> when I read the posts about cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that I have your attention, I&#039;m going to let you in on a little testing that was done inside a conservation lab.&nbsp; I don&#039;t expect you to believe what I write (I DID NOT at first) and I don&#039;t particularly care how uninformed you wish to remain.&nbsp; Nevertheless, this is a fact:</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000">When baking soda is applied in the proper consistency using certain well-known methods that have been passed down for decades to clean a coin, it is virtually undetectable.</span></b>&nbsp; I can say this because I was formerly one of the ignorant, unbelievers, who was invited to see several silver coins conserved ONLY because I boasted that baking soda would ruin the coins!&nbsp; I was allowed to bring my stereo microscope to the facility and watched <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":watching:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> the entire process. After all that, I smugly sat down to prove the technician <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":muted:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> was an ignorant darn fool.&nbsp; After at least six minutes using high power magnification I <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie45" alt=":eggface:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> had to apologize <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, eat crow <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie90" alt=":spitoutdummy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, and transfer some $$$ for the lost bet! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I looked at all the coins and none had hairlines. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know the expertise of the OP&#039;s dealer.&nbsp; So believe it or not, I can state for a fact that, baking soda is used on occasion to conserve coins either to remove single spots or larger areas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, go out and buy a BU silver eagle.&nbsp; Divide the coin up into four sections on each side so you have eight areas to practice on.&nbsp; Make a paste of soda and distilled water and play around until you can &quot;work&quot; the coin and leave no trace.&nbsp; Or am I <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />trolling all of you...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Only the wise <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> know for sure. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>PS&nbsp; So far, to the best of my knowledge, baking soda is not effective on the majority of milk spots and stains on SE.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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