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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 500125, member: 112"]If the marks were caused by somebody using a pencil eraser on the coin - no, NCS cannot help. Nobody can help. Once a coin is worked on what is done is done and it cannot be changed. Anything else that is done to the coin will only compound the problem and make it worse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, you could thumb the coin and smooth the marks out. Yes, you could cover the marks up to a degree with artificial toning. Yes, you could dip the coin to the degree that the affected metal is removed. But none of these things fix the problem - they only create new problems that will be readily noticed by anyone who knows anything about coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is only one thing that should ever be done with a problem coin that you do not like - sell it and get another one that is problem free.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 500125, member: 112"]If the marks were caused by somebody using a pencil eraser on the coin - no, NCS cannot help. Nobody can help. Once a coin is worked on what is done is done and it cannot be changed. Anything else that is done to the coin will only compound the problem and make it worse. Yes, you could thumb the coin and smooth the marks out. Yes, you could cover the marks up to a degree with artificial toning. Yes, you could dip the coin to the degree that the affected metal is removed. But none of these things fix the problem - they only create new problems that will be readily noticed by anyone who knows anything about coins. There is only one thing that should ever be done with a problem coin that you do not like - sell it and get another one that is problem free.[/QUOTE]
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