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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sting 60, post: 25273379, member: 123249&quot;]I&#039;m not blessing off on anything that happens on this thread, and please, don&#039;t think l&#039;m condoning coin cleaning. I thought I would start a thread about members attempts of &quot;restoration or conservation&quot; of any coin that they have made over the course or their hobby. Was it a success or was it a fail, in your opinion. I&#039;ll start out with one that I wasn&#039;t comfortable with. A 1886 type 1 Indian Head Cent. It had Verdigris and I really didn&#039;t know what to do with it. I tried a quick soak in acetone to remove all the oil that was hiding the green stuff (first two pictures). I then used verdicare for 4 hour. It didn&#039;t do very well so I tried it for another 4 hours with a gentle q-tip. It looked better, but had some big flakes in the date and above the reverse crest. Thought I&#039;d try a rose thorn in those areas and it worked pretty well (second two pictures). My opinion is success, but not perfect. I have some fails that I will post, but please, show me what you&#039;re coin conservatin success and fails are. Regards, Sting[ATTACH=full]1612948[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1612949[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1612950[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1612951[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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