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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 744483, member: 16510&quot;]<b>Nothing can be done, that is the problem with problem copper.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing can be done, that is the problem with problem copper.</p><p>Each and every person who ever looks at this coin will first see &quot;the problem&quot; and then it becomes not an otherwise nice coin.</p><p>Those of us that are fanatic about beautiful copper surfaces know all to well that a carbon spot or something just drains the beauty out of an otherwise nice piece.&nbsp; I&#039;m also getting the feeling that it was dipped or somehow cleaned at some point leading to the erosion of the copper skin allowing this to happen, maybe wrong but.</p><p>If it were my piece and already slabbed by one of the big three I would sell it has soon as I could and find one without &quot;the problems&quot; this coin has.&nbsp; It just fails to satisfy and that&#039;s &quot;what it&#039;s all about&quot; for me anyway in regards to copper.</p><p>If not slabbed (and it was not (never) cleaned) and I wanted to keep it I would take Coin Care or Blue Ribbon put a q-tip in the bottle, take just enough to put a drop on each spot of the coin wait a bit then carefully blot it dry.&nbsp; That may stall the erosion for a time.</p><p>When I learned about problem coins I stopped ever even wanting to buy them almost at any price.&nbsp; A problem coin is a problem for everyone - nobody wants a problem coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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