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Message:: [QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 541219, member: 4552"]Just doesn't look natural. However, for a cheap enough price, I'd go for it. Nothing to loose for a coin in that condition. I have over 3,000 Mercury Dimes and none shine like that. Or at least not any more. With postage and handling though, this coin may end up costing to much. Sure would like to know how people get them to look like they went through a auto polishing place. Presently I have a Mercury Dime and a Walking Lib Half on a kitchen window sill. They were both purchased cheaply due to being highly polished and looked like this Merc shown here. I soaked them in Laquer Thinner for a few days, then in Acetone for a few days, then in warm distilled water. Now sitting on a window sill for several weeks. I posted some photos of them somewhere in February. By the end of this month I'll post some more photos of them. So far most of the polishing is vanishing. Contant changes in temperature and humidity and who knows what is slowly making them both look natural. Back to the coin shown here. As I said if cheap enough, might be worth the purchase and toning it down a little. Lots and lots of details on that coin.[/QUOTE]