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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;thunderchops, post: 1060552, member: 28362&quot;]Sorry about the format.&nbsp; I was writing it in notepad and now I can&#039;t go back and edit it.&nbsp; Anyone have a suggestion how to edit the format so I can add some white space?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Very funny!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I got this quote from another forum and it looks promising (thanks CEOcoinshop of Coin Community):</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">&quot;Diluted Nitric Acid has worked the best for us... we use the test acids that come with a gold testing kit.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">22k acid is the strongest 10k acid is the weakest.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">I start with one drop of 10k and one drop of water.... wait a bit and then rinse quick... then work my way up the scale until something good happens.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">I try to cover the entire face of the coin, so that there isn&#039;t that &quot;acid spot&quot; right at the date.</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">Sometimes I&#039;ll do the Reverse just to even it out. Then a little soak in Ketchup, and rub some oil into it by hand. Not perfect, but I have &quot;saved&quot; a lot of rare dates this way....&quot;</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">Anyone ever try this?</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">I&#039;d like to try it on a smaller scale on only that last digit.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">Please understand, I think using deduction and minimal metal manipulation you can create a market for these coins if someone certified them.&nbsp; It may take a smaller slabber (other than NGC, PCGS, ANACS, and ICG) to get this going at first.&nbsp; It would be a wonderful opportunity.&nbsp; Imagine all the certified SLQs that would be placed on the market.&nbsp; Pre-1925 prices would drop and the common collecter would suddenly have an entry point into completing a SLQ set.&nbsp; I would think people shy away from it right now.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">Another thing I wonder is how the books can have prices for coins that aren&#039;t on the market.&nbsp; Has anyone seen a good pre-1925?&nbsp; Well maybe if it is a damaged fine.&nbsp; But the vast majority of pre-1925s in very good shape and lower have no date and can not be identified.&nbsp; Any thoughts on that?</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">The sad thing is that these early no date coins are actually in very good condition and perfectly collectible.&nbsp; They just need a ceritification and people will buy and trade.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">Thanks,</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">Dave</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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