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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jaceravone, post: 1812744, member: 9474&quot;]Here is my situation.&nbsp; First let me say that I am not a copper collector.&nbsp; Personally, I hate all copper coins.&nbsp; Its not that I don&#039;t appreciate them, because I do when I see a nice one, but they are so reactive and they require a lot of care that I don&#039;t like to even touch them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I acquired a really nice 1 oz copper medal a while back from the Mulligan mint.&nbsp; Since I obtained that item, they started to produce these copper rounds for bulk sale, whereas the original copper round that I got was a promotional item.&nbsp; When I received the promotional copper round it had a bunch of finger prints on it.&nbsp; So yesterday after doing many searches on the internet for ideas on how to remove the fingerprints, I decided to try a few of them out.&nbsp; After using things like MS70, Ketchup, lemon juice, I noticed the copper round becoming more and more reactive.&nbsp; After several hours, the copper round started tarnishing/toning a dark brown color.&nbsp; In total desperation, I dipped the round in silver dip which restored it to its natural color, but only to turn even worse after a few hours of sitting.&nbsp; When I woke this morning, it was horrendous looking.&nbsp; So in complete distraught, I dipped it in silver dip and put it in a bowl of acetone to stabilize it.&nbsp; So far so good, but I am afraid to see what happens when I take it out.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So does anybody have any suggestions or recommendations?&nbsp; Is it too late and have I destroyed this copper round.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So you may ask the question....whats the big deal about this copper round....well....its a mule.&nbsp; They used their silver round die to make the promotional ones, then made new dies with a small tweak on the new ones.&nbsp; If you would like to see the rounds, go to my website listed below and click the exonumia tab.&nbsp; Scroll down to the copper Sentinel round.&nbsp; They are not marked, but hopefully you will catch it.&nbsp; The silver one is in the next row beneath the copper ones.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for any help.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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