I like Cleaned Coins and you should to thread

Nothing odd? Nothing odd about a guy that would put one of these beautiful coins in circulation?

 

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Artistic after being cleaned.

 

Are you the one from the RCC who left ASE's for tips inrestaurants?

 

I might be odd, but I ain't that odd......

 

I had a bad picture before of this coin roll find. I am wondering though if that spec of something is something I could get of it?

 

My really wild guess is that it looks iikes mould.

 

mould on silver?

 

That why I said wild guess. Doesn't it look powdery
(if that's a word). What do you think it is?

 

It looks like silver oxide which is a black color and will form on silver objects. Other than that, it seems to have a lot of just dirt. Soak in water for a few days, rinse thoroughly and then try soaking in acetone for awhile (few hours).

 

I don't mind the black color, I think it is actually interesting. I just don't like that brown thing on it which looks like something stuck to it. Could I use alcohol instead of acetone or should I just use acetone?

 

Is the coin black? It looks dark green to me in the image.

 

Nah, it's just a reflection.

Or a kid had them at some point. Back when I was a kid I stupidly cleaned some silver roosevelt dimes (and was subsequently scolded by my dad when I ran up to him all "Look how SHINY I made them! " XD). Still, though, I knew better than to use a toothbrush.

Gah. D:

 

OK Doug, if your reading this I'm completely innocent of this..

 

Too late. The cruise missle is on the way.

But don't worry, it'll prpbably get
jacked over Sheepshead bay.

 

Do you know if it's chemically impossible for mould to grow on
silver?

 

Chemically impossible, no biologically impossible. Even mold need to eat.

 

It doesn't appear to be too fussy about it's diet:
http://epi.publichealth.nc.gov/oii/mold/grow.html

 

Well actually, that is the sole purpose of museums...to preserve the value and historic significance of their collections. Otherwise they serve no purpose, as most are free to the public and therefore don't rely on luring them in with horribly curated material.
Guy

 

http://blogs.anselm.edu/blog/2010/01/05/coins-and-chemistry-students-analyze-ancient-artifacts/