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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GeorgeM, post: 3826390, member: 28550&quot;]I recently picked up a few silver dollars from a hoard that was damaged when a water pipe leaked on them (possibly for quite some time). Most appear to have excellent detail, but the unsightly rust spots or corrosion put them in the &quot;cull&quot; price category. </p><p><br /></p><p>I was thinking this would be a good group to try a few restoration techniques out on. Don&#039;t start an all caps angry reply yet - I&#039;m not planning to acid treat or whizz them!</p><p><br /></p><p>What would you recommend? I&#039;ve got an ultrasonic appliance I use for cleaning my eyeglasses - would short runs in there with tap or distilled water be a place to start? Or, do you think acetone would be the ideal way to remove rust spots?</p><p><br /></p><p>Since I only have $18 apiece into them, I would rather try to bring these back into collectability than to damage a more valuable coin down the road learning the same techniques.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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