Hi all, I just picked up this 2004 Mongolian Endangered Wildlife Hologram coin today. I've been looking for one of these for a while now and I'm VERY happy with it! All the smears are on the airtite so we'er fine there, my problem is DUST on the inside of the airtite!. I purchased a new airtite to put in but how to I safely remove the dust. The field is absolutley SPOTLESS and I don't want to scratch it at all. Any suggestions?
get a can of filter air maybe? but even then there could be soem moisture escaping as the air comes out. One thing i just bought to help take lint, dust and other assorted stuff off coin capsules and coins was a nasal agitator thingy for babies. I cant remember the name of it.. i call it the snot sucker, but my wife disaproves of that lol that is alot of dust on the inside. the person who sealed it must have worked in a wood shop!
You could try Blow Off(canned air) or some kind of compressed air. -- Turns out Daggerjon beat me to the punch.:goofer:
I'd forget about using the snot sucker. It uses local humid dust laden air. You have to go with those canned air thingys that are for computer innards and whatever. Take you beautiful coin out of that airtite, wearing cotton gloves, and press the trigger on the can of air and then bring it to the coin and blow off the dust. You probably don't have to be too close to the coin as these cans of air pack a good blow. Then turn it over and do the other side. Put the coin down on a safe surface and blow out the airtite. If you have another airtite of that size you might want to inspect that one and blow that one clean and use it. When YOU are satisfied that all is clean, put your now pristine coin back into suspended animation within the airtite where it will live happily forever. It's really not very difficult to do it well. Bruce
Thanks everybody! I'll pick up some canned air tomorrow and get the "woodchips" off. Thanks Again Mark
Fear.............................................. ........... .......i believe canned air has moisture in it. i think i would opt for a small rubber bulb, used for flushing baby ears, that can be bought at target or k-mart etc. jmho
I have a can of air but I prefer using a rubber bulb while viewing the coin under the microscope. Photographic darkroom supply companies should still carry a bulb designed to blow dust from film. They are designed to blow (not suck). Very best regards, collect89
Many of the plastic holders can develop static charge when being handled by cloth which might actually increase adherence of dust. That is why the old time photography brushes often had a radioactive source in the handle. Jim
i would advise against using canned air. When i brought up the dust issue subject not too long ago, someone mentioned how most canned 'air' are nothing more then a compressed checmical. take a look at the side of the can - its says it right on it. There are cans of 'air' that can be bought, but one poster in that thread mentioned they dont tell you if the air is filtered or not... meaning if the air is not filtered... what contaminates are you blowing on the coin. just foor for thought. I trust the air in my house more then the un-filtered air in some factory 'someplace' else. I would go with a nasal aspirator.. and they only cost $2-$3 and never run out of air.
See that is the problem here. To many details ommited. For example what pressure should he use? Which type of air gun, small bore or medium? Should he hold the objects or place in a vice?
For a serious note as already noted not a good idea to use canned air on coins. It is just what it says, canned AIR. It could contain almost anything and some might not be nice on coins. There are purified types that photographers or camera repair people use. The same is used by jewlers. I suggest you check with either a camera store or jewlery place for any canned air type products.
Ok here is what I did. now I know this is gonna sound a little far fetched but it actually worked! Static Electricity which desertgem mentioned gave me an idea! I took the airtite and rubbed it on one of my wifes wool sweaters. Guess what! It pulled most of the dust from the coin onto the airtite! I carefully removed the top of the airtite (along with the dust) and put the now SHINEY coin into the new airtite!
You blew it, so to speak. You should have had that idea patented before you sharred it with us. :thumb:
LOL!!!!!! I didn't think it would work but figured it cant hurt! I was shocked. When you see BILL MAYS selling a strip if wool for coin collectors remember you heard it here first
