I like Cleaned Coins and you should to thread

Sounds good then. From what I can tell, Verdi-Care is for all coins.

 

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If you were to sell any of the coins you have that you soaked in acetone and distilled water, would you disclose this to the buyer?

 

I only feel disclosure necessary if asked because this kind of cleaning is well within acceptable numismatic parameters.

 

Yes, I have disclosed cleaning like this in the past and it made no difference like soaking my wheats in alcohol and distilled water when they were gross. I didn't soak them long though, just 30 seconds in alcohol and a quick rinse.

 

You are not trying to alter the coin itself, just clean it up so it can be what it is after having been around for so many years.

 

Yes, my purpose isn't to alter the coin itself. It appears many agree on another forum this coin is VF-30 details with environmental damage. I notice the crud does actual accentuate details but it appear to me that it also accentuated environmental damage and made it appear more damaged than it actually is. As I mentioned though, I have a steel cent I found roll searching and when I soaked it for a while the corrosion was coming off the coin and actually stained some worthless foreign coin (modern) also soaking along with it.

 

By the time you are done, the actual "damaged" parts will be accented by a slight dark tone.

 

Oh, well does it look improved or is it like you said?

 

Here is the original. I don't see anything on the soaked coin that wasn't already there or any type of accenting.

 

It is improved. I have a feeling if you wanted to get rid of everything, it would take a month of soaking and cleaning with a cotton swab. For example, this coin that was pretty black I have soaked for about 4 days with intermittent cleaning with a cotton swab and it still has darkness.

 

I found this V Nickel in a lot of 200 I bought, are these scratches the result of a harsh cleaning or is it just very scratched? When you buy a lot like that, you take the good with the bad like the rainbow toned shield nickel that got mixed in. There is no fixing this soaking in distilled water.

 

Whatever occurred, it was harsh - no fixing that nickel, but it could go in a low grade type set for a young collector. You could also have a contest on CT and offer it up as the prize.

 

The details are good and it looks like there is luster too, that is not picked up in the scan. It has nice details in the hair. I actually have over 250 V nickels laying around here and offering one up for a prize would not be a bad idea or even as a free gift, maybe the nickels I pulled with a couple minor scratches. That coin is ugly though, maybe I will keep it or dump in the coin machine. Above is one of the more attractive ones I have, well in my opinion many just like them white faced. I also like the rainbow ones.

 

Heck yeah. I started giving away some of my wheats as prizes.

 

Yes, I got wheat doubles I find in rolls but don't sell them the 20s and 30s since they only buy them for 2 cents a piece when they are worth more so I give them away as free gifts.

 

I wonder why my one scanner doesn't pick up rainbow toning? It turns weird looking. My other scanner does in high resolution. Maybe it is a better scanner. This one is part of a 5 and one and the other is a separate HP scanner.

 

Can you take pics with a camera?

 

Yes, there is a better camera around here but seems like extra work setting up lighting and everything. It is far easier to throw it on the scanner. I tried with this cheap camera and a better web cam I have but neither worked well. It does seem like a hassle though. I will try though on those rainbow nickels.

 

I just leave my camera set up, but it is just a simple USB scope/camera that does pretty good up to half dollar sized coins.

 

What about this coin? Do you think soaking it in distilled water will do it some good? Is this gunk or what is it? It needs a better picture. Got be careful with this though, I ended up losing the 1887. I have no idea where I put it. I moved it when I was drying it and don't no where I moved it. These things are small and easy to lose.