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<p>[QUOTE="TheCrownCollector, post: 25390000, member: 160023"]Thanks Robin - appreciate the kind words. I've seen many a zodiac piastra pass through the auction blocs of the years and just about all have been either extremely circulated, problematic, or both. The jury is still out on whether or not my specimen is problematic (as of right now, with all the "green" it wears, it certainly is) but I'm hopeful.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do have a question for you - if xylene is stated to not hurt a silver coin, why do you have such an aversion to me giving the coin a good bath to remove a substance I wholeheartedly believe is PVC (there certainly may be some verdigris in the mix as noted by GDJMSP)? Are you just averse to using chemicals (acetone included) in general? What are your concerns? We know what the intended consequences we are looking to achieve are, so what do you think the unintended ones could be?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheCrownCollector, post: 25390000, member: 160023"]Thanks Robin - appreciate the kind words. I've seen many a zodiac piastra pass through the auction blocs of the years and just about all have been either extremely circulated, problematic, or both. The jury is still out on whether or not my specimen is problematic (as of right now, with all the "green" it wears, it certainly is) but I'm hopeful. I do have a question for you - if xylene is stated to not hurt a silver coin, why do you have such an aversion to me giving the coin a good bath to remove a substance I wholeheartedly believe is PVC (there certainly may be some verdigris in the mix as noted by GDJMSP)? Are you just averse to using chemicals (acetone included) in general? What are your concerns? We know what the intended consequences we are looking to achieve are, so what do you think the unintended ones could be?[/QUOTE]
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