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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kentucky, post: 2663162, member: 33176&quot;]Welcome to CoinTalk, good to hear your voice.&nbsp; First off, about cleaning or conserving.&nbsp; If you do nothing with these coins, the substance on the reverse will do harm, if it hasn&#039;t already.&nbsp; Membership in professional organizations and professional conservation will cost you a bunch.&nbsp; The next best thing you can do is to try some low impact procedures and see how they work.&nbsp; You can start with one test coin and determine where to go to after that.&nbsp; The best thing to do to coins is not to try any cleaning procedures unless the coins really need them - &quot;If it ain&#039;t broke, don&#039;t fix it&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, it would be helpful to have around some distilled or deionized water, some pure acetone (not fingernail polish remover unless it says 100% acetone), and some pure xylene (hardware store paint department).&nbsp; Wash your hands with soap and water and rinse thoroughly.&nbsp; While the hot water is running, put one of your coins in the stream and let hot water run over it for several seconds, you may want to reverse the coin so each side gets a good wetting.&nbsp; Rinse the coin with some distilled water and place it on a soft towel and blot it dry (don&#039;t rub).&nbsp; Hopefully this did something, next, put some acetone in a glass container and immerse the coin for a period of time, say 1 hour, cover the container to prevent evaporation.&nbsp; Remove the coin and either let it air dry or pat it dry (no rubbing).&nbsp; You can then use the xylene in a similar fashion. </p><p><br /></p><p>Stop when you have achieved the results you want.&nbsp; The biggest point is to avoid any abrasive products or procedures.&nbsp; If this doesn&#039;t work, we need to talk about coin dips...and that is a whole &#039;nother story.&nbsp; Good luck and show us how it comes out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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