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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheCrownCollector, post: 25398034, member: 160023&quot;]Hi Greg, respectfully, I strongly disagree on your first point. Take a look at archives and tell me how many examples of this coin you see let alone with this level of preservation (cleaned or not). Most examples out there (when they do come across - which is not very often) look like this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1626401[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This a PCGS VF30 graded example mind you... this is typical of what one sees - smooth/flat devices.</p><p><br /></p><p>Higher grade examples are EXCEEDINGLY rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now this is my coin and I know everyone thinks their coin is the best, problem free example out there and would easily grade MS65 but I&#039;d like to believe I&#039;m a bit more realistic. I can&#039;t tell just yet what the surfaces truly look like but from the few areas I gently wiped with a Q-tip... I see &quot;life&quot;. Some would argue my wipe polished the coin... I strongly doubt it but I can&#039;t say without a doubt that didn&#039;t happen. The jury is still out.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just managed to get a hold of a nice 1 gallon can of Sunnyside Xylol (xylene) - it was no easy feat. Apparently Xylene is restricted/banned in NY and is not sold ANYWHERE one would typically look.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll give it a nice long dip in xylene and see what happens.</p><p><br /></p><p>If nothing, next up would likely be VC and if that fails... likely off to the TPGs it goes. Using acidic cleaners is just not even a consideration. Had this been a $50 coin, I&#039;d say sure, why the heck not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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