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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TomCorona, post: 638970, member: 17621&quot;]Boss, I hope you didn&#039;t take that the wrong way. I was referring to lighter fluid (I thought you remembered that fiasco). Seriously, try it on a lesser coin, or two if it makes you feel better, and that is..shot glass filled with the &quot;F&quot;, soak it several minutes, rinse with warm water and gingerly move it around between your thumb and forefinger while rinsing in warm water.. Examine it and repeat as/if needed. I think you&#039;ll find that the laquer will begin to dissolve, you&#039;ll feel it on your fingertips. It may take several &quot;treatments&quot; but I think you&#039;ll agree the substance will come off with no negative results. Far as peroxide making your coins black, maybe you&#039;re exposing carbon spots or something cause I&#039;ve not had that happen, and has proven safe as well. It did remove verdigris and expose &quot;black&quot; on a large cent, but that black was deeply and embedded completely through (both sides) the coin, and the coin was already looking bad so I had nothing to lose. It did however remove all of the surface stuff that could have been removed from the surface and it did look better IMHO.(I have tried other things with much less success). I trust those two methods. Peroxide is especially good on copper. I&#039;ve not experimented much with silver but I plan to. Contrary to popular apprehension or lack of experience using it, the lighter fluid does work great (especially on removing foreign substances). On the disappoint part? I just figured you were a little more &quot;gamier&quot; (is that a word?) than most here. No offense. :smile Peace brother![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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