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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2337533, member: 24314&quot;]For anyone on the &quot;silly train&quot; still interested:</p><p><br /></p><p>I just found a coin to run an EXPERIMENT with.&nbsp; As I don&#039;t believe in <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> - I&#039;m from the SHOW ME not - the TELL ME branch of Numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now you&#039;ll need to trust me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> on this.&nbsp; In my joyous rush to validate the statement that: &quot;Toothpicks don&#039;t damage coins; people do;&quot; I forgot to take a before micrograph of the &quot;N.&quot;&nbsp; Nevertheless, I found a lesser amount of the identical&nbsp; &quot;verdigris&quot; residue on a leaf.</p><p><br /></p><p>DISCLAMER: Don&#039;t use dry toothpicks on coins.&nbsp; Proper conservation can be done using a stereo scope, chemicals, a &quot;sharpened&quot; toothpick, AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I took a large cent and scraped off the gunk using a round, &quot;unsharpened,&quot; <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">BONE DRY</span> toothpick.&nbsp; The coin came out fine...no hairlines.&nbsp; NOTE: THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">to be a PROPER method of conservation.&nbsp; <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Maybe I just got lucky <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">You be the judge.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">PS:&nbsp; For you nitpickers - If this coin were sent in for conservation, I would have spent more time and taken off ALL the &quot;micro-green&quot; still left on the &quot;N.&quot;&nbsp; It&#039;s NOT worth the time as all of this could have been done in seconds w/chemicals!</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">PSS: I&#039;ll see if I can find a PROOF next <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie78" alt=":punch:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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