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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 2640506, member: 77413&quot;][USER=17261]@BadThad[/USER], I did start with Xylene, and let it soak while I went to lunch. You were right, it didn&#039;t change much.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0080ff">WARNING: Those of you with sensitive dispositions should not read the rest!</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Now I figure that people are comfortable with handling coins with cotton gloves, so I surmise that gently touching a coin with an extremely soft fabric will not mark it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I put a few drops of VerdiCare on the front, then took a cotton Q-Tip and gently swabbed the dirt away. I flipped it over and did the same thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could see that black dirt was on the cotton - so there had to be less on the coin. I repeated, then gently, gently, removed any visible liquid with a cotton pad that my wife uses to remove makeup. Then I let the VerdiCare that remained air dry. (The Q-Tip is horrifying enough. You don&#039;t need the image of me waving the coin around in the air to dry it!)</p><p><br /></p><p>I took these two pictures with the same lights, same angles, and both are 1 stop underexposed. Due to very slight differences in positioning the toning may not be catching the light in quite the same way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Almost all of the unattractive spotting is gone. Only the ghosts of the spots remain in ONE CENT and on both sides of the right wheat ear. The big blob over LIBERTY is almost gone.</p><p><br /></p><p>While the VerdiCare still needs a day to fully cure, the coin looks glossier, richer, and has a smoother gradation of colors. The reverse shimmers with rainbow color.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Before</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]582474[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>After</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]582476[/ATTACH] </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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