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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3795408, member: 56859"]I'm sorry for your dilemma and disappointment <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>If might try to return it but wouldn't be that upset if I had to keep it. It's a very appealing coin. I'd soak it in distilled water, dry it in a low oven, and give it a soak or two in Verdicare. That might keep the BD at bay <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. If not, then go for broke with sodium sesquicarbonate.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd be surprised if they took it back since it has been more than three and a half months since the auction closed, but it doesn't hurt to ask if you don't want to keep it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hindsight is always 20/20, but as Deacon Ray noted there are signs of prior corrosion and the auction listing noted that it had been cleaned since the Lanz sale in 2016. Here's the coin at that time:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/86/3378/3505641.m.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like it had makeup or colored wax at that time. I'm always fearful of what that type of applied patina might do to the coin... or hide.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I had a similar situation with several coins from CNG a few years back. By the time the coins arrived there was BD. They took the coins back and sent them for treatment, then returned them to me. So far there has been no recurrence but I remain anxious about them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3795408, member: 56859"]I'm sorry for your dilemma and disappointment :(. If might try to return it but wouldn't be that upset if I had to keep it. It's a very appealing coin. I'd soak it in distilled water, dry it in a low oven, and give it a soak or two in Verdicare. That might keep the BD at bay :). If not, then go for broke with sodium sesquicarbonate. I'd be surprised if they took it back since it has been more than three and a half months since the auction closed, but it doesn't hurt to ask if you don't want to keep it. Hindsight is always 20/20, but as Deacon Ray noted there are signs of prior corrosion and the auction listing noted that it had been cleaned since the Lanz sale in 2016. Here's the coin at that time: [IMG]https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/86/3378/3505641.m.jpg[/IMG] Looks like it had makeup or colored wax at that time. I'm always fearful of what that type of applied patina might do to the coin... or hide. I had a similar situation with several coins from CNG a few years back. By the time the coins arrived there was BD. They took the coins back and sent them for treatment, then returned them to me. So far there has been no recurrence but I remain anxious about them.[/QUOTE]
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