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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 2748171, member: 71642&quot;]I acetone bathe quite a few coins that come from questionable storage situations.&nbsp; I equate it to giving them a bath to knock of the nasty pvc/other contaminants before sticking them in new non-pvc flips, airtites, or sending them off to the slab factory if that is their fate. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not dipping/altering them (if something needs true conservation I&#039;ll send it to NCS), just washing them off.&nbsp; I don&#039;t get it when people object to a simple bath--far better than leaving PVC slime on the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I now have a collection of shot glasses and small glass cups/bowls of various sizes with rounded bottoms to allow for various sized coins and medals.&nbsp; The rounded aspect allows them to sit with more exposed surface area (a new trick for me learned by reading this forum). </p><p><br /></p><p>edited to add:&nbsp; By having some dedicated glasses and bowls that in no way resemble our normal eating/drinking dishes is also an important safety backup.&nbsp; No confusion if it&#039;s a coin dish or a people dish!</p><p><br /></p><p>Be in a ventilated room--I used to do this in the kitchen until I started thinking about what might happen if I left one to soak and someone lit up the gas burners...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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