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Message:: [QUOTE="jhc, post: 700151, member: 20579"]These two coins have sat in a shoebox, encased in the cardboard style 2x2's for close to forty years.  I took them out tonight as I am going through some coins I bought/found as a kid. There appears to be a brownish gunk on the surface of each.  I think it is from the 2x2's.  The windows were nasty, the coins looked much better than I expected after I got them out. So my questions, if you please. Is there something I should do to conserve them?  I have read a lot about a quick acetone dip, are these good candidates? Is it worth the trouble?   Any grades or observations would also be appreciated. As always, thanks to all of you. btw, a special thanks to all of you who have written threads on photographing coins.  I have read many, many of them and I think it is starting to show. <img src="http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/jhciv/IMG_2931.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />       <img src="http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/jhciv/IMG_2934.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />  <img src="http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/jhciv/filipina.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />  <img src="http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/jhciv/filipinarev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]