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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CygnusCC, post: 7774746, member: 120299&quot;]Hey all, I just got back from a visit with my folks. While there I discovered that my dad had a bank bag full of Denver mint clad Eisenhower 1976 memorial dollars that my grandfather received as payment for some carpentry that year. They&#039;d been in the zippered bank bag since then, except when he (and later my dad) dumped them out to show em off. After reading other discussions in here I thought I&#039;d help him out and bought 160 airtite capsules and tasked him and my 6 yr old grand niece with protecting them.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, thinking back on my niece&#039;s grubby hands, I&#039;m wondering if I did him a disservice (beyond watching her clatter the coins around trying to stack them as they were protected - <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). I&#039;ve also learned that I&#039;m not so good at suggesting gentle handling to a 6 yr old - they get rather huffy.</p><p><br /></p><p>My concern is this: should I have bought some acetone and tried to rinse the coins prior to storing them in the protectors? (post-6yr old, of course) I suspect I&#039;ve had them seal up the coin with whatever debris she (and we, for that matter) added. I&#039;m curious whether this will lead to a more degraded coin than they would have been if left alone. I suspect mummified cookie crumbs might be interesting to a future archeologist, but probably not to a future numismatist.</p><p><br /></p><p>After checking, they don&#039;t seem to be worth a ton money today but he&#039;s proud of them and you never know for the future. Should I plan to buy a can of acetone and suggest we wash the things on my next visit? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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