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<p>[QUOTE="bugo, post: 1875530, member: 53226"]Okay you twisted my arm (actually nobody did...) so here are the "after" pictures. I soaked them in vinegar overnight and the rust just fell off with a little warm water. I know the golden rule of "never clean a coin" but these were just too far gone to be worth any more than melt value and now they look presentable and a non-expert wouldn't even know they were once rusty. Besides, I've never been one to follow rules. Here they are:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u126/bugo348/IMG_3116_zpsf2e7294f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u126/bugo348/IMG_3117_zpsa54fc76f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I don't want to hear any flames. I've already gotten lots of flak for removing the rust in another thread. I'm proud of the way they come out, and now I know how to get rust off of silver coins. I don't ever plan on selling any of my collection, so that is not an issue. I'm happy with the coins. I don't have much money in them, and they look good to me. That's all that really matters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bugo, post: 1875530, member: 53226"]Okay you twisted my arm (actually nobody did...) so here are the "after" pictures. I soaked them in vinegar overnight and the rust just fell off with a little warm water. I know the golden rule of "never clean a coin" but these were just too far gone to be worth any more than melt value and now they look presentable and a non-expert wouldn't even know they were once rusty. Besides, I've never been one to follow rules. Here they are: [IMG]http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u126/bugo348/IMG_3116_zpsf2e7294f.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u126/bugo348/IMG_3117_zpsa54fc76f.jpg[/IMG] I don't want to hear any flames. I've already gotten lots of flak for removing the rust in another thread. I'm proud of the way they come out, and now I know how to get rust off of silver coins. I don't ever plan on selling any of my collection, so that is not an issue. I'm happy with the coins. I don't have much money in them, and they look good to me. That's all that really matters.[/QUOTE]
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