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<p>[QUOTE="RonSanderson, post: 25887541, member: 77413"]I paid $104.50 for a 1925-S that was pretty well made, but dirty and dull.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1649211[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I experimented with the distilled water / acetone /xylene rinses, and ended up with this, which I like much better. As with the 1924-S above, the removal of the crud revealing some nice blue toning. I surmise this was from contaminants trapped against the surface of the copper for many years. (I may have used a shorter exposure on this set of pictures, so they are darker.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1649210[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1649213[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1649212[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: For comparison, here is an MS64 RB sold earlier this year at Heritage for $2640. Are you kidding me?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1649214[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RonSanderson, post: 25887541, member: 77413"]I paid $104.50 for a 1925-S that was pretty well made, but dirty and dull. [ATTACH=full]1649211[/ATTACH] I experimented with the distilled water / acetone /xylene rinses, and ended up with this, which I like much better. As with the 1924-S above, the removal of the crud revealing some nice blue toning. I surmise this was from contaminants trapped against the surface of the copper for many years. (I may have used a shorter exposure on this set of pictures, so they are darker.) [ATTACH=full]1649210[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1649213[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1649212[/ATTACH] Edit: For comparison, here is an MS64 RB sold earlier this year at Heritage for $2640. Are you kidding me? [ATTACH=full]1649214[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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