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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2693991, member: 24314&quot;]This thread is getting comical. <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" /> IMO, any poster who has not &quot;worked on&quot; an extremely dark coin encrusted with a crust of sulfur products such as this should keep their &quot;home remedies&quot; off the thread. </p><p><br /></p><p>Since this coin cannot be <b><span style="color: #ff0000">conserved</span></b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (improving its appearance and preserving it without leaving evidence of the treatment <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />), the OP insists he is going to clean this coin.&nbsp; Let me offer some tips <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> based on my experience.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>These methods will not work:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Acetone soak.</p><p>2. Olive Oil soak.</p><p>3. Soap &amp; water.</p><p>4. Verdi-Care or Coin Care soak.</p><p><br /></p><p>These methods will work:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Brillo pad.</p><p>2. Whizzing.</p><p>3. Heat.</p><p>4. Toothpaste scrub.</p><p>5. Brass brush scrub.&nbsp; </p><p>6. Tooling away the surface crust.</p><p>7. Baking soda scrub.</p><p>8. Reverse electrolysis.</p><p>9. Acid etch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some work faster than others.&nbsp; Some work better than others. Some leave less evidence of cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the OP insists on trying to improve his coin, he should make this a learning experience for all of us.&nbsp; Divide each side in half and try different things on each half.&nbsp; That will give you four tries and the coin will be already ruined so may as well learn something.&nbsp; Don&#039;t forget before and after images. </p><p><br /></p><p>R.I.P. little half dollar. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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