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<p>[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 421779, member: 6370"]I only put it on my bronze or copper coins and medals. I dont even put it on all of them...I have never put it on a silver coin but I am sure you could. Its just that silver is much less susceptible to serious and relatively fast corrosion than bronze and copper and most of my silver coins I want to keep the ability for them to tone.</p><p> </p><p>If the coin is exactly how you like it when it comes to tone and patina, and you dont care for it to continue to react and tone (tone in silver is just corrosion) then it might be a good candidate for this as once you use it, it wont tone any further. I have a few old silver coins that have toned as far as I want them to, the next step for them is to turn black...so I might consider using it on them.</p><p> </p><p>To date I have only used this on a few Ancient Roman large bronzes that are susceptible and more valuable...I have used it on a few LRBs (copper), and I have used it on several bronze medals.</p><p> </p><p>I was thinking I might use it on my Zinc and Iron notgeld as well since they are so prone to rust and corrosion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 421779, member: 6370"]I only put it on my bronze or copper coins and medals. I dont even put it on all of them...I have never put it on a silver coin but I am sure you could. Its just that silver is much less susceptible to serious and relatively fast corrosion than bronze and copper and most of my silver coins I want to keep the ability for them to tone. If the coin is exactly how you like it when it comes to tone and patina, and you dont care for it to continue to react and tone (tone in silver is just corrosion) then it might be a good candidate for this as once you use it, it wont tone any further. I have a few old silver coins that have toned as far as I want them to, the next step for them is to turn black...so I might consider using it on them. To date I have only used this on a few Ancient Roman large bronzes that are susceptible and more valuable...I have used it on a few LRBs (copper), and I have used it on several bronze medals. I was thinking I might use it on my Zinc and Iron notgeld as well since they are so prone to rust and corrosion.[/QUOTE]
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