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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2801152, member: 66&quot;]Soaking in acid does not wipe out the detail on a coin, even when the acid attacks the metal strongly, because it works on the entire surface evenly.&nbsp; Copper cents can be reduced to nearly paper thickness and still retain much of their detail.&nbsp; In the case of acid soaked buffalo nickel the acid will even RESTORE details that have worn down to the point where they were no longer visible.&nbsp; In the case of acid soaked clad coins, that haven&#039;t had the edge crushed down as the OP coin here, you can still see the reeded edge on the copper even when it is well back from the edge of the coin.&nbsp; Why because since the acid works on all the surfaces evenly the reeded pattern is retained even as the copper is dissolved away.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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