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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2738585, member: 10461&quot;]That&#039;s a frustrating coin, because it&#039;s so attractive, which makes the spots all the more distracting.</p><p><br /></p><p>But on a 108-year-old copper-nickel alloy coin, I&#039;d be extremely reluctant to &quot;tinker&quot; with it any, at risk of only making things worse.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure how treatable those spots are.</p><p><br /></p><p>If pricing was feasible, I <i>would</i> attempt <i>professional</i> conservation, from the likes of <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/ncs-conservation/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/ncs-conservation/" rel="nofollow">NCS</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>Or just accept it the way it is.&nbsp; It really is quite a stunner aside from the spots. </p><p><br /></p><p>(&quot;<i>So, aside from everything else, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?</i>&quot;)</p><p><br /></p><p>If you got it cheaply because of them, you&#039;ve got a &quot;story&quot; coin here.&nbsp; You can make up affectionately disrespectful nicknames for it, like &quot;Ol&#039; Spotty&quot;, and show it to other collectors to gauge their reactions to it.&nbsp; Some will recoil in horror while others will say, &quot;<i>Oh, you only paid $xxx for that?&nbsp; Cool!</i>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Even with the spots, I say its still a fun Dansco album coin, if the price was right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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