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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LaCointessa, post: 2889693, member: 87186&quot;]Hi [USER=1765]@messydesk[/USER].&nbsp; If you are referring to [USER=69760]@iPen[/USER]&#039;s suggestions of Acetone and/or Xylene, I can say that I have acetone on hand and I use it when I am working on a sticky tar-ridden coin. I find that it helps dry out a coin. What I mean is that there will be times when I have held a coin in my hand for such a long time that it becomes warm and the warmth makes the tar substance on uncleaned or less cleaned portions of the coin get into cleaner parts of the coin. That means I&#039;ll be re-cleaning areas and I want to avoid that for at least two reasons (it&#039;s a waste of time and it may cause further wear on an already worn surface). I find a dip in acetone and then letting it dry tends to &quot;cool off&quot; a coin and it dries out and working on a &quot;tar-ridden&quot; coin is easier (<i>sometimes</i>, with <i>some</i> tools) when the surface of the coin is not warm and the tar is not softened by body heat.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0080">Disclaimer</span></b>: I am a newbie. <span style="color: #ff0080">I am not an expert or professional coin person by any stretch of the imagination.</span> I am, however, extremely interested in learning how to clean these extraordinarily crusty and grimy/tar-ridden ancient coins. I am also working on coins that appear to have no features visible on them whatsoever; and, I am trying methods to bring the features and legends of those coins back, so to speak. I am making some progress there. All of this is fun but I can not guarantee or even suggest that I have the answer to any specific coin cleaning problems. Plus, while looking at photos of coins here on this thread is helpful to understand what the OP is working on, it can not compare with actually holding the coin in one&#039;s hand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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