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<p>[QUOTE="Omegaraptor, post: 7684718, member: 76105"]Initially, when I pulled the 23-S, it looked like this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1319705[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1319708[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It took me a while to realize how nice the details were on this coin, and that the coin was just dirty. So I set it aside and decided to use acetone on it. 4 hours of acetone and a few q-tips later, and this is the product:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1319706[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1319707[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The stuff left over on the obverse is verdigris from the looks of it. Maybe try xylene next?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Omegaraptor, post: 7684718, member: 76105"]Initially, when I pulled the 23-S, it looked like this: [ATTACH=full]1319705[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1319708[/ATTACH] It took me a while to realize how nice the details were on this coin, and that the coin was just dirty. So I set it aside and decided to use acetone on it. 4 hours of acetone and a few q-tips later, and this is the product: [ATTACH=full]1319706[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1319707[/ATTACH] The stuff left over on the obverse is verdigris from the looks of it. Maybe try xylene next?[/QUOTE]
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