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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 541531, member: 12965&quot;]Howdy peeps, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It seems there have been several different threads on cleaning coins lately and I&#039;ve stuck in my 2 cents where I could but I figured it was finally time for me to stick in my 1 cent. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here&#039;s a very recent purchase of mine:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26ssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT%26item%3D110354796298" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26ssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT%26item%3D110354796298" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&amp;item=110354796298</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It came in this morning and here it is after a short bath in vinegar, to loosen up the green gunk, then about a 45 minute electrolysis bath (water &amp; baking soda):</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4443/1786obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3213/1786rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Personally, I cannot tolerate green stuff growing on my old coppers, so I remove it and on this one, it still had awesome color to it afterwards (much darker in hand), but I still gave it a light coat of Dellers to protect it from corroding again.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So what dew you think . . . leave the green or the green has got to go?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ps: That&#039;s a 1786 M17-K and a R-3/4 and on a large thin planchet. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://coinfacts.com/colonial_coins/new_jersey_coppers/maris_17K.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinfacts.com/colonial_coins/new_jersey_coppers/maris_17K.htm" rel="nofollow">http://coinfacts.com/colonial_coins/new_jersey_coppers/maris_17K.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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