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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;buddy16cat, post: 1583999, member: 37356&quot;]<b>I am actually thinking of soaking it longer</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I did notice when I soaked a very heavily corroded steel cent in distilled water for a long time, like a month the corrosion wore off the coin and was in the water and in the holder.&nbsp; I probably could remove some of this corrosion if I did the same to this coin?&nbsp; I am considering it, what do you think?&nbsp; I just soaked it overnight and put it in acetone a couple times for an hour or so.&nbsp; I think I will just do another night of soaking.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think it will hurt it since it has already been soaked.&nbsp; I see nothing on this coin that already hadn&#039;t been there before maybe even accentuated by the crud like the details were.&nbsp; Something to consider, you accentuate the details but also accentuate pitting or corrosion as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am looking at brownish areas of this coin and the areas that I am seeing as corrosion are actually raised areas.&nbsp; Does corrosion lie on top of coins or is it part of the surface.&nbsp; Look at the brown stuff around the stars.&nbsp; on the left side of the coin </p><p>between 9 and 10 o&#039;clock.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is funny though that people referring to eye appeal and attractiveness with this coin because as was discussed at another forum, this coin wasn&#039;t the most attractive coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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