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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jengebretson, post: 48466, member: 2727&quot;]The before picture can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.org/thread6233-what-to-do-with-this-buffalo-nickel-its-growing-something.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.org/thread6233-what-to-do-with-this-buffalo-nickel-its-growing-something.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cointalk.org/thread6233-what-to-do-with-this-buffalo-nickel-its-growing-something.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s the after</p><p><br /></p><p>I used the works... a type of clr.</p><p><br /></p><p>First soak, I forgot about it and it dried into a crystalline scale, which discolored the coin (the yellow).</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked what I could off, then resoaked it for 2 more days.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just spent 10 more minutes and here&#039;s what I have.</p><p><br /></p><p>A little of the crud is left, but I think I&#039;ve wasted enough time on this poor thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>The works seems to have eaten the nice patina off, as well as ate some of the details.</p><p><br /></p><p>It got rid of most of the crud though.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m going to soak it in some distilled water, see if it comes back at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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