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<p>[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 515141, member: 15199"]I have seen postings on the other forum where people ask about throwing all their infected coppers into a bucket of this:bigeyes: To use properly, you have to experiment and pay attention to the progress. Maybe I should have put the large cent photos up as a poll. I would prefer the pitted one over the greenie, if as you say it was a key or even semi-key. Some might think the solution has failed if visible pits results, but the purpose of the stuff is to remove the green. Yes it is best to avoid problem coins. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A semi-key I bought and conserved last year. 1908-S IHC . Once removed, there was a difference in the underlying coloration as well as "scratches/lines" which weren't readily visible before. I did not use any scraping or thorn , etc. Maybe the scratches were part of the reason the verdigris formed there. Now to wait a long while to see if it retones <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq279/desertgem/nov25/1908ssorig.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq279/desertgem/nov25/1908ssface.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq279/desertgem/nov25/1908ssobv1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 515141, member: 15199"]I have seen postings on the other forum where people ask about throwing all their infected coppers into a bucket of this:bigeyes: To use properly, you have to experiment and pay attention to the progress. Maybe I should have put the large cent photos up as a poll. I would prefer the pitted one over the greenie, if as you say it was a key or even semi-key. Some might think the solution has failed if visible pits results, but the purpose of the stuff is to remove the green. Yes it is best to avoid problem coins. :) A semi-key I bought and conserved last year. 1908-S IHC . Once removed, there was a difference in the underlying coloration as well as "scratches/lines" which weren't readily visible before. I did not use any scraping or thorn , etc. Maybe the scratches were part of the reason the verdigris formed there. Now to wait a long while to see if it retones :D [IMG]http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq279/desertgem/nov25/1908ssorig.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq279/desertgem/nov25/1908ssface.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq279/desertgem/nov25/1908ssobv1.jpg[/IMG] Jim[/QUOTE]
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