How to clean your coins?

I wonder if this would work on your colins!

 

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Wipe the patina right off. That is cool though, science more like star wars everyday. Make one hell of a weopon. Light saber, "I'm your father"
Or something like that

 

Detecto would love this. He doesn't need his rock tumbler any more.

 

Lasers have been ysed to smooth the surface of gold coins for several years. I'm sure they work on copper also to remove spots.

 

I can see the TPG slabs now, "Details, Laser Cleaned"...oh my.

 

It really is cool. I can vividly remember a demonstration, while in highschool in the 70's, of laser technology at the time. They used a machine the size of a torpedo to put a tiny spot of light on the wall of the gymnasium. It wasn't many years before then, we toured a 10,000 square foot building that housed one computer. It took up the whole building and wouldn't come anywhere close to the power that the cellphone I'm typing this on has.

 

What?

 

So, I have had an 85$ Lincoln on my radar for about 2 months
Gorgeous, beautifully toned cent.
It has 0ne small carbon spot, by his temple.
Are you saying this is a form of restoration?

 

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Speaking of which, what happened to Mainebill? He hasn't been on in over a month.

 

That thing is pretty awesome!! I wouldn't mind vaporizing rust all day with that thing.

 

Oh I think it would definitely change the appearance of your coin, for sure. Plus you could heat or vaporize your lunch

 

I would think this time of year must be getting his wood pile ready for the long cold Maine winters.
Or maybe on his way to a warmer part of the country for the winter.

 

man if I had that at work,id be looking for rust just to remove. My adhd will be kept in line all day with a fun laser like tool!

 

Coins that have been ALTERED using lasers is OLD NEWS to the TPGS's. As a matter of fact, I've contacted a jewler in St.Pete, FL who uses a laser and when I get the chance I'm going over with some coins to see for myself what can be done and what cannot be done to the surface of a coin.

Removing a spot from a coin is conservation IF THE REMOVAL IS UNDETECTABLE. It is considered an alteration (spot removal) if it is detected. In my experience, well-done surface alterations fool most dealers/collectors until someone (usually using a stereo microscope) catches them.

Don't you guys get it. A counterfeit coin is genuine until it is detected. A cleaned coin is original until it is detected. This holds true for everything like rim files, mount removals, plugs, whizzing, cup & saucer alterations, etc.

 

That is so COOL!

 

yup

 

Clean coins? One word "don't." The only thing I'll put on my coins is acetone to remove PVC grime and all four TPGS allow acetone, because they can't tell if it's been used, it has no effect on the coin's metal only the grime.

I was at the State Fair Saturday and a vender was selling jewelry cleaner and part of his pitch was that it also cleaned coins. How many people bought the cleaner and are going to use it on the coins left to them?