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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 2220217, member: 59677&quot;]Iceman- the reason the dates on your buffs continued to be eaten away is that you didn&#039;t neutralize the acid (lemon juice or vinegar). Over the years, the moisture in the air kept reactivating the acid.</p><p><br /></p><p>In general, acid recovered date nickels (how&#039;s that for polite term?) clearly are damaged but also have some level of market acceptability - as a hole filler for those dates we will never find in circulation... better living through chemistry.</p><p><br /></p><p>Strangely - as long as you&#039;re honest when the time comes to pass them on - I find I don&#039;t really object that much to the practice. It&#039;s not like you&#039;re removing paint from the Mona Lisa to see what&#039;s underneath.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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