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<p>[QUOTE="cncman, post: 577999, member: 17256"]I tried it on some of mine that looked uncirculated on the design but were dark, it worked really well at first, but maybe I did something wrong, I left them in a rinse for a long time to get all of the chemical off and they looked great in the water, but when I took them out to dry and they were exposed to the air they turned yellow and darker and real ugly. Also I noticed when they were first out of the tarnx that you could still see some of the dark stuff in the edges of the lettering and a bit on the rim, could have just been my coins but I doubt that anyone looking close at them even at that time would think that something wasn't done to them. I may try it again another time but it didn't turn out too well for me. Also, you don't know what you will uncover, one of them cleaned up well but then it revealed a nice etched thumbprint under the crud! And one coin that wasn't real dark actually turned black in the solution the longer I left it in! Only the high points looked like steel the rest looked like it had ink all on it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cncman, post: 577999, member: 17256"]I tried it on some of mine that looked uncirculated on the design but were dark, it worked really well at first, but maybe I did something wrong, I left them in a rinse for a long time to get all of the chemical off and they looked great in the water, but when I took them out to dry and they were exposed to the air they turned yellow and darker and real ugly. Also I noticed when they were first out of the tarnx that you could still see some of the dark stuff in the edges of the lettering and a bit on the rim, could have just been my coins but I doubt that anyone looking close at them even at that time would think that something wasn't done to them. I may try it again another time but it didn't turn out too well for me. Also, you don't know what you will uncover, one of them cleaned up well but then it revealed a nice etched thumbprint under the crud! And one coin that wasn't real dark actually turned black in the solution the longer I left it in! Only the high points looked like steel the rest looked like it had ink all on it.[/QUOTE]
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