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<p>[QUOTE="xtrmbrdr, post: 623974, member: 17193"]Excellent post Jason, the French Indochine 50 cents perfectly illustrates what you have been trying to convey. I see it perfectly now.</p><p> </p><p>So, (lol) I headed out to the garage, put a dime I had dipped to death in the vice, started with a wire brush for the Dremel, looked a little black or burnt in the center, went to a stiff nylon brush, looked better but still not too good. Ok, now what, ahhh yes the buffing wheel. Wow looks much better. Now for a bit of liquid polish and the buffing wheel again. WOW! This coin looks brand new to the naked eye. Magnified was a different story, looked like the second picture of the French Indochine 50 cent, except all across the coin.</p><p> </p><p>I guess the unanswerable question is, why do this? Your French Indochine 50 cent would look fantastic without the polishing. For what I paid for the Morgan, just in melt, there is NO WAY anyone could make money doing this for non key coins, at least for what I consider my time worth.</p><p> </p><p>AWESOME post, thanks. More experimentation to come from X's garage lol.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="xtrmbrdr, post: 623974, member: 17193"]Excellent post Jason, the French Indochine 50 cents perfectly illustrates what you have been trying to convey. I see it perfectly now. So, (lol) I headed out to the garage, put a dime I had dipped to death in the vice, started with a wire brush for the Dremel, looked a little black or burnt in the center, went to a stiff nylon brush, looked better but still not too good. Ok, now what, ahhh yes the buffing wheel. Wow looks much better. Now for a bit of liquid polish and the buffing wheel again. WOW! This coin looks brand new to the naked eye. Magnified was a different story, looked like the second picture of the French Indochine 50 cent, except all across the coin. I guess the unanswerable question is, why do this? Your French Indochine 50 cent would look fantastic without the polishing. For what I paid for the Morgan, just in melt, there is NO WAY anyone could make money doing this for non key coins, at least for what I consider my time worth. AWESOME post, thanks. More experimentation to come from X's garage lol.[/QUOTE]
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