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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nit4alaf, post: 102046, member: 4516&quot;]Speedy,</p><p><br /></p><p>Firstly, I think it is order to tell you that I belong on the Do Not Clean side of the house.&nbsp; The coin I posted was junk before I tried the baking soda/alum foil proceedure on it.&nbsp; And IMO it is still junk and its final destination remains the same....the scrap pile.</p><p><br /></p><p>You coin may look alright in person but if I was buying that coin from the photos you posted CLEANED would jump right out....also that would lower the value IMO more than it was before.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin does NOT look alright in person.&nbsp; All of the undesirable issues that were present before cleaning are still there, the cleaning just removed the blinking lights that announced their presence.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I were selling this coin to you, I would be ethically obligated to tell you the history of the coin while it was in my possession and the price would be lowered accordingly.&nbsp; You would also have received both a before and after picture on the coin to help you make a decision on the purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure the fingerprint wasn&#039;t the best...but the coin just doesn&#039;t look its age now...it looks like someone gave it a make over.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fingerprint was actually pretty disgusting.&nbsp; No was(is) going to purchase that coin.&nbsp; A make over is exactly what happened.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you really want to clean off fingerprints and such I would suggest pure Acetone...and only for a few sec...But DON&#039;T rub....</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think acetone will remove fingerprints after a certain amount of time.&nbsp; I tried it on this coin, which is also now in my junk bag.<img src="http://www.boomspeed.com/lkgregs/fingerprint.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Linda[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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