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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Just Carl, post: 520305, member: 4552&quot;]Mostly and absolutely true to an extent. The problem here is the description. A polished coin could mean many things. There are actually Polished coins done with metal polishes or even auto waxes. There are Polished coins done with furniture polishes or similar products. Same with a cleaned coin that there are numerous methods of cleaning, dipping, etc. I&#039;ve seen people demonstrating an auto polish by using on a coin. Such Polished coins really look like a proof sometimes.&nbsp; </p><p>Regardless if done excessively the wax, polish, etc is probably still on the coin. If soaked or dipped in Acetone most will just come off but the coin will still look well cleaned and now probably start taking on odd effects being completely with out air and moisture protection. All the little nitches, small places where dirt would be for a normal coin is gone. Telltale symtoms of a cleaned type coin although not really cleaned as with dipping or rubbing or soaking in something, still an appearance of a cleaned coin. </p><p>I&#039;ve purposely purchased such waxy or polished types of coins and attempted to restore them. Presently I have a Walking Liberty Half and a Mercury Dime in sort of recovery state. By this I mean they were greatly polished with something. I allowed them to soak in Acetone for a few weeks. Then in distilled water for a few days. Presently sitting on a wooden kitchen window sill. Due to the area I live the windows in the Kitchen tend to fog up when the outside temperature is really low and the kithchen is being used for cooking. So what else do you do in a kitchen. These two coins have now been there for a few weeks and not really to much is happening. I hope that in a few more months they will both appear normal </p><p>Nothing to loose.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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