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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeepfreak81, post: 24882901, member: 93888&quot;]I&#039;ve got a 1981 100 Peso coin from Chile.&nbsp; When I first looked at it I thought, wow this is very chocolatey, like literally I wanted to take a bite <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So I was already slightly suspicious of it&#039;s appearance but didn&#039;t pay much attention as I continued my routine which is to take coins like this (circulated/unknown history) and give it an acetone soak.&nbsp; I usually just do 5 or 10 minutes in jar #1, a few minutes in #2, and then a final swish in the cleanest jar.</p><p><br /></p><p>To my surprise it revealed what at first looked to be white chalky stuff on the coin especially against the devices.&nbsp; I was like that&#039;s odd, never had an issue with acetone doing that before.&nbsp; So I thought let&#039;s poke it with a toothpick.&nbsp; It seems to be waxy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know this isn&#039;t an uncommon practice, especially &quot;back in the day&quot; so I&#039;m not real surprised.&nbsp; I&#039;m not 100% sure that&#039;s what it is as I&#039;ve never seen it before and I&#039;m not even sure what they would have used.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does this sound like what I have?&nbsp; I dont&#039; have pics yet, maybe later but I actually put it back in the acetone to soak more hoping it would loosen up the wax, but that leads me to my next question of will that work?&nbsp; Probably depends on the type of wax I would suppose?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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