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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cincimatti, post: 24729917, member: 16004&quot;]NO! Dawn strips away too much of the essence of the coin&#039;s patina! It has sodium laurel sulfate. And it turns the coin blue! (Ya had me at &quot;sodium&quot;, arch-nemesis to both slugs and copper coins.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Far more effective was near-boiling water with a few shavings of <u>IVORY SOAP</u>! Rinse very, very well afterwards, then soak in acetone, if you&#039;re a neurotic perfectionist, like me! Leave them out a few weeks to recover and tone back a little. The results are super duper satisfying!</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]HyjmNEsVhhw[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve read about people picking at dirt with a toothpick! Oh, I&#039;m not so sold on that idea! But really, after the bath in the Ivory and hot, hot water, the gunk just swabs off so easily with a Q-tip! Even between the letters. Spots that don&#039;t come off this way, are more than likely permanent. Too bad, so sad![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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