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<p>[QUOTE="john1942sept, post: 1729673, member: 54792"][ATTACH]269838.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]269839.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]269840.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Hello, recently a large cache of coins was recovered that had been buried for about 70 years. Ground water, soil, and rust contaminated these coins and I am trying to recover these without destroying them. In the first picture are three silver coins with a great deal of bronze disease. In the second two pictures are two quarters and a Mercury dime that are fairly decent, but in varying degree of damage - the first is a liberty quarter with a good date but a lot of green, the second is a liberty quarter with a good solid date but heavily contaminated with soil, rust, and who knows what, and the third is a Mercury dime with the obverse toned but otherwise only a little dirty and the reverse with only a slight spot of green. I'm sorry about the quality of my pictures, but look forward to the experts here advising me as we have a large quantity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="john1942sept, post: 1729673, member: 54792"][ATTACH]269838.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]269839.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]269840.vB[/ATTACH] Hello, recently a large cache of coins was recovered that had been buried for about 70 years. Ground water, soil, and rust contaminated these coins and I am trying to recover these without destroying them. In the first picture are three silver coins with a great deal of bronze disease. In the second two pictures are two quarters and a Mercury dime that are fairly decent, but in varying degree of damage - the first is a liberty quarter with a good date but a lot of green, the second is a liberty quarter with a good solid date but heavily contaminated with soil, rust, and who knows what, and the third is a Mercury dime with the obverse toned but otherwise only a little dirty and the reverse with only a slight spot of green. I'm sorry about the quality of my pictures, but look forward to the experts here advising me as we have a large quantity.[/QUOTE]
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