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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alabama Stacker, post: 8228376, member: 136297&quot;]This forum came up in a google search, and I read this thread with interest.&nbsp; I am more of a stacker than a coin collector, so my view may be a little different.&nbsp; I inherited several silver bullion coins from my father: some 1 oz. Engelhard 1984 &quot;American Prospector&quot; coins, and some nice numismatic silver coins.&nbsp; The bullion coins were stored in plastic flips for a few decades and had some fairly small but very ugly black tarnish marks on them, and around some edges.&nbsp; They have no real numismatic value, but appearance is a concern.&nbsp; I took a small, clean pencil eraser and very gently wiped off the black stains very easily, without a lot of rubbing.&nbsp; The tarnish seemed to transfer and adhere to the eraser, rather than causing abrasion.&nbsp; The original sheen of the finish does not seem to be affected.&nbsp; They do look 100% better, and the slight toning they had acquired in places is still intact.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wouldn&#039;t try that on the 1880 Morgan dollar or the 1925 Liberty &quot;Peace&quot; dollar he left me, though.&nbsp; They are hand-written as AU 50 on the paper part of the cheapo slabs, and they look it.&nbsp; The 1899 Barber is in pretty bad shape, but it will not be touched either.&nbsp; The 1942 Walking Liberty is in poor shape and lots of black, don&#039;t know about that one, and the late 1950s through 1964 circulated Constitutional silver coins might get the aluminum foil-baking-soda-and-water treatment.&nbsp; After I make sure there&#039;s nothing special in there.&nbsp; &quot;Silver is silver,&quot; they say, but I am starting to take more of a keen interest in numismatic collecting as well![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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