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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Boss, post: 584380, member: 15110&quot;]I have purchased several lacquered coins about a year ago before I knew enough to spot them. Spotting such coins by photos can be tricky IMO. Unfortunately I do not have good before photos of the 1911 D, but trust me the scratch on the obverse was absolutley not there as well the scatch on the reverse by the ONE and the scratches below that. It took over 150 hours of soaking in xylene and/or MEK (maybe more) to get the coins to this level. It seems xylene works the best to me, but MEK and acetone worked too. I eventually left outside in sealed glass jar to heat up the xylene as it takes to long when it is cold. Can be explosive at a certain elevated temp so make sure you look up on the MSDS if you try this. Hopefully this is educational to others.&nbsp; I did not get all the lacquer off as the scratches looked deeper and worse and I couldn&#039;t bear the coins getting any uglier.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>PS- the manage attachments only allows 5 photos at a time. So don&#039;t post until I get the second post up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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