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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2458576, member: 24314&quot;]I feel like we are playing &quot;What&#039;s My Line.&quot;&nbsp; For you younger members, a blindfolded panel tried to guess the ID/profession of a famous guest by asking questions.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A long time ago I worked part time for a token &amp; medal dealer.&nbsp; Unc CWT were about $5. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I learned a few things.&nbsp; I like to clean stuff so I&#039;ve been at it for about fifty years.&nbsp; I&#039;m not a chemist.&nbsp; I&#039;m not a specialist of anything and a dunce at most.&nbsp; I have taught different subjects related to coins on occasion.&nbsp; I once posted on CT that I did show a FL dealer some of my methods and he has done very well for himself.&nbsp; I&#039;ve ended up with some counterfeit gold for my collection that he was going to melt and jewelry for my wife.&nbsp; He is a very generous person. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now the bad news...tricks of the trade are a give and take thing with me.&nbsp; If not done correctly, you can ruin a coin.&nbsp; I believe my friend Brian Silliman teaches a conservation class for the ANA.&nbsp; He worked at NCS at one time.&nbsp; He has signed confidentiality agreements so he too cannot divulge all he knows.&nbsp; There is plenty of info on the Internet.&nbsp; I feel I&#039;ve already said too much about the use of MS-70 here as it is. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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