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<p>[QUOTE="silvereagle82, post: 152122, member: 1700"]bought this Austria Salzburg taler last September at the Superior Galleries Pre-Long Beach auction. I opening the sealed flip (Seems like Mylar to me) it was it carefully and with cotton gloves took a couple of photos, put it back into the flip (unsealed at this point) and put it in a hard plastic slab box (It has a few other coins in it also) and then put it in my safe deposit box at my bank ( I keep a dessicant bag in it)</p><p><br /></p><p>Yesterday I went to retrieve a few coins I submitting to NGC, this taler being one of them, and this is what I found</p><p><br /></p><p>BEFORE:</p><p><img src="http://forums.collectors.com//attachments/IMG_0387%20(3).jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://forums.collectors.com//attachments/IMG_0388%20(3).jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>NOW:</p><p><img src="http://forums.collectors.com//attachments/IMG_0831.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://forums.collectors.com//attachments/IMG_0832.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse hasn't changed !!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Any suggestions of what I should do ... or if I should do anything !!! I wondering if a quick dip in acetone will clear this toning (if that is what it is) or don't bother and get it slabbed a quickly a possible in an attempt to keep the spot on the coin from darking any more.</p><p>What ever I do this is a great looking/condition coin and I don't want to get this coin BB at NGC!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance for any feedback!!!!!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="silvereagle82, post: 152122, member: 1700"]bought this Austria Salzburg taler last September at the Superior Galleries Pre-Long Beach auction. I opening the sealed flip (Seems like Mylar to me) it was it carefully and with cotton gloves took a couple of photos, put it back into the flip (unsealed at this point) and put it in a hard plastic slab box (It has a few other coins in it also) and then put it in my safe deposit box at my bank ( I keep a dessicant bag in it) Yesterday I went to retrieve a few coins I submitting to NGC, this taler being one of them, and this is what I found BEFORE: [IMG]http://forums.collectors.com//attachments/IMG_0387%20(3).jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://forums.collectors.com//attachments/IMG_0388%20(3).jpg[/IMG] NOW: [IMG]http://forums.collectors.com//attachments/IMG_0831.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://forums.collectors.com//attachments/IMG_0832.jpg[/IMG] The obverse hasn't changed !!!! Any suggestions of what I should do ... or if I should do anything !!! I wondering if a quick dip in acetone will clear this toning (if that is what it is) or don't bother and get it slabbed a quickly a possible in an attempt to keep the spot on the coin from darking any more. What ever I do this is a great looking/condition coin and I don't want to get this coin BB at NGC!! Thanks in advance for any feedback!!!!!!![/QUOTE]
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