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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3500782, member: 76194"]Shaved toothbrush is also tricky...can be done, but best practice on a modern throwaway coin first to make sure you are doing it right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Something like this one...a modern coin that no one will miss.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]927589[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Can't wait to hear from US collectors as to my pick for a throwaway coin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The first step though should always be olive oil and/or distilled water ....as a matter of fact, <b>distilled water is the gentlest thing you can do.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>If none of those work, and the coin is mostly silver, pure acetone is also very safe.</p><p><br /></p><p>If none of that works, then you experiment with acids and manual scraping, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3500782, member: 76194"]Shaved toothbrush is also tricky...can be done, but best practice on a modern throwaway coin first to make sure you are doing it right. Something like this one...a modern coin that no one will miss.:rolleyes: [ATTACH=full]927589[/ATTACH] Can't wait to hear from US collectors as to my pick for a throwaway coin. :p:smuggrin: The first step though should always be olive oil and/or distilled water ....as a matter of fact, [B]distilled water is the gentlest thing you can do.[/B] If none of those work, and the coin is mostly silver, pure acetone is also very safe. If none of that works, then you experiment with acids and manual scraping, etc.[/QUOTE]
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