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<p>[QUOTE="TypicalCreepahx, post: 1718901, member: 52664"]HI! The other day I walked into my favorite coin store and i asked him if he had any unwanted coins. He immediately gave me about 11 dollars of buffalo nickels FOR FACE. I have heard of vinegar but something I did wrong created the ugly black colored effect as shown. I know for a fact that it works because I have had countless successes. It's just this one. I froze the vinegar so that the active ingredient acetic acid I think would stay in as I dumped the excess then I soaked the nickel but then blue shards, ( only for these 5 ) started appearing so I soaked them in water. Then they turned this colored. I rubbed them off with baking soda and it worked but I was wondering.</p><p><br /></p><p>1- should I keep doing this with all nickels? ( 11 dollars )I know there are some hints that tell you what date but I'm a noob and don't know how to tell them apart, I also don't know what type one and twos are. The reason I don't you nic a date is because if I find a key date it would look better as it turns out much shiny and new unlike the nic a date.</p><p>2 - can someone give me a procedure</p><p>3- anyone had success, any key dates?</p><p>4- some have mint marks, should I seperate those from the rest?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TypicalCreepahx, post: 1718901, member: 52664"]HI! The other day I walked into my favorite coin store and i asked him if he had any unwanted coins. He immediately gave me about 11 dollars of buffalo nickels FOR FACE. I have heard of vinegar but something I did wrong created the ugly black colored effect as shown. I know for a fact that it works because I have had countless successes. It's just this one. I froze the vinegar so that the active ingredient acetic acid I think would stay in as I dumped the excess then I soaked the nickel but then blue shards, ( only for these 5 ) started appearing so I soaked them in water. Then they turned this colored. I rubbed them off with baking soda and it worked but I was wondering. 1- should I keep doing this with all nickels? ( 11 dollars )I know there are some hints that tell you what date but I'm a noob and don't know how to tell them apart, I also don't know what type one and twos are. The reason I don't you nic a date is because if I find a key date it would look better as it turns out much shiny and new unlike the nic a date. 2 - can someone give me a procedure 3- anyone had success, any key dates? 4- some have mint marks, should I seperate those from the rest?[/QUOTE]
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