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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2745377, member: 10461"]Tap water can have lots of minerals. Our tap water at my house has that rotten-egg sulfur smell (those of you who've been places in Florida might be familiar with it). </p><p><br /></p><p>Paper towels also have a good bit of sulfur. Sulfur is used to tone silver coins- sometimes attractively- often not- but the sulfur in paper towels and napkins really should only affect a coin if it's left wrapped up in the paper longterm. Otherwise, paper towels are fine to use.</p><p><br /></p><p>Distilled water is best to rinse a dip off with.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's more likely the coins you are speaking of had residue of the dealer's dip solution left on them, or traces of the PVC contamination (which can be beastly to treat, from what I've heard).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2745377, member: 10461"]Tap water can have lots of minerals. Our tap water at my house has that rotten-egg sulfur smell (those of you who've been places in Florida might be familiar with it). Paper towels also have a good bit of sulfur. Sulfur is used to tone silver coins- sometimes attractively- often not- but the sulfur in paper towels and napkins really should only affect a coin if it's left wrapped up in the paper longterm. Otherwise, paper towels are fine to use. Distilled water is best to rinse a dip off with. It's more likely the coins you are speaking of had residue of the dealer's dip solution left on them, or traces of the PVC contamination (which can be beastly to treat, from what I've heard).[/QUOTE]
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