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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValpoBeginner, post: 2446407, member: 77066&quot;]Thank you for your response.&nbsp; It seems to be a whole different color than the zinc rot green.&nbsp; Hope your 1903-O wasn&#039;t expensive, and that you got a good deal on it.&nbsp; I am wondering what a conservator would do to &quot;restore&quot; it.&nbsp; I&#039;m like you and very hesitant to clean any part of a coin. But I do wonder if the conservator behind the curtain at the TPG has a bottle of acetone back there or if he has some high tech laser cleaning system. </p><p><br /></p><p>One dealer I went to... Told me that he uses high pressure stream to get rid of carbon spots.&nbsp; I just about hit the ceiling with fright.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have always left coins the way I find them, unless I&#039;m doing an experiment on something circulated from the corner store just out of curiosity of what might be under the dirt. All the books on collecting pretty much say &quot;Don&#039;t EVER clean a coin&quot;.&nbsp; Have a great day, and I&#039;m sure it won&#039;t get worse if you are storing it correctly now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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