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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2221636, member: 19463"]The question I see is whether you consider the coin 'as is' welcome in your collection or whether you would risk it in the hope of removing the black even if that added a porous surface and made the EI on the reverse left hard to read. Since the black is pretty much restricted to the recesses, I'm not sure it would be worth the risk but it is the kind of coin that I probably would dip in lemon juice and probably would regret having done so. If the coin were rare and important, I'd leave it alone. If you consider it just another piece of billon, what is to lose?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2221636, member: 19463"]The question I see is whether you consider the coin 'as is' welcome in your collection or whether you would risk it in the hope of removing the black even if that added a porous surface and made the EI on the reverse left hard to read. Since the black is pretty much restricted to the recesses, I'm not sure it would be worth the risk but it is the kind of coin that I probably would dip in lemon juice and probably would regret having done so. If the coin were rare and important, I'd leave it alone. If you consider it just another piece of billon, what is to lose?[/QUOTE]
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