Tarn X Xperiment.

Nice troll bait try being a little subtler next time.

 

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Mint luster is from micro-flowlines created during coining. Using a "silver cream" will remove these leaving behind an obvious polishing. You cannot make mint luster, you can only destroy it!

 

Shiny, shiny shoes.......

 

But, but, but, it's REALLY shiney!!!

 

The sad part is "hundreds of coins" - lost to collectors forever and relegated to melt value.

 

You would be one of the sellers I have excluded from my saved ebay search for Morgan Dollars.

 

You should use 100% acetone (e.g. Klean)... and 30 seconds of dip sounds like a long time, even if you were to dilute the solution. Besides, many folks like me look for some character in coins, and not just the toned kind.

 

I use Tarn-X on silver coins frequently with very good results. I dip the coins, mostly Morgan Silver dollars, for several minutes, then rinse in water. I dry them each with a soft cloth and afterwards use silver cream to gently apply a light coat which I then wipe gently leaving a mint luster. the so-called "collectors", the know-it-alls will say never clean silver coins in this manner. I have several hundreds of these Morgan silver dollars and they sell better than the non-cleaned coins. proves the 'collectors' are not only wrong but also dumb.
Notice that the poster was a 1-message one. But nevertheless, sometimes Tarn-X may be appropriate if the coin is just scrap (i.e. silver coins in Poor condition). Also, it depends on the metal. In 1970, I used the cleaner on an uncirculated roll of 1968-s pennies I bought in 1968, and the pennies still look great. Will find a few and post them here....

 

Lord no, I could only wish Some of his statements would put a [ EDITED] to shame.

Jim

 

Here are before/after photos of three of my bottom-drawer silver dollars that I cleaned with Tarn-X and a bit of soft-bristle toothbrush action. I would never clean a rare coin, but since I have these mainly for their silver content, the benefits of non-abrasive cleaning outweigh the negatives, in my humble opinion. I'll post some updates in a year and we can see what happens to the (unprotected) cleaned coins.

 

But we have too many coins as it is. Like BILLIONS! It's numismatic darwinism.