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<p>[QUOTE="xtrmbrdr, post: 623587, member: 17193"]<span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Very nice write up Jason, thanks for taking the time to do so.</font></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">I can certainly identify cartwheel, and I kind of learn by doing and seeing the results, so I have played with different types of coins, pocket change, and cleaning them in a multitude of different ways, baking soda, jewelry cleaner, tarn-x, ez est, etc. I've also played with re-toning them, oven, window sill, in a window sill in an orange prescription bottle, etc, and it has helped me identify certain coins as cleaned. It's not too hard to spot worn coins that are to "shinny" for the amount of wear, I guess where I am going to run into problems is where a coin might slide between a high AU grade and a low MS grade. I may have to pull out the ole' Dremel tonight and polish up some pocket change lol.</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="xtrmbrdr, post: 623587, member: 17193"][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Very nice write up Jason, thanks for taking the time to do so.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I can certainly identify cartwheel, and I kind of learn by doing and seeing the results, so I have played with different types of coins, pocket change, and cleaning them in a multitude of different ways, baking soda, jewelry cleaner, tarn-x, ez est, etc. I've also played with re-toning them, oven, window sill, in a window sill in an orange prescription bottle, etc, and it has helped me identify certain coins as cleaned. It's not too hard to spot worn coins that are to "shinny" for the amount of wear, I guess where I am going to run into problems is where a coin might slide between a high AU grade and a low MS grade. I may have to pull out the ole' Dremel tonight and polish up some pocket change lol.[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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