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<p>[QUOTE="Dynoking, post: 26109852, member: 81795"]I pray I used soft writing as to not insult you or your coins. I'm just not seeing a good ROI on grading these.</p><p>So you did the first step with the acetone. That's the place to start. I have found acetone to not be the end all/cure all of coin conservation. I'm pretty sure you do not see too much or even any difference.</p><p>I have been successful with BU Coin Conditioner. One at a time nickels put the coin in a dip basket, place in a small glass bowl. Care pour the cleaner in the bowl to just cover the coin. Count off -3 Mississippi then pull the coin/basket and rinse under hot water. Pat dry a terry cloth towel. Check your results. You can repeat. You can count -six miss. It would take a lot to hurt your circulated nickels' with this dip, especially the '26 S. How ever I don't think you can improve the stripes on the reverse so don't over do it. The V Nick - I doubt you can remove the black freckles, I would stop when the fields clear up. </p><p>As far as the 2 1/2 Indian goes I'm confident that a <i>quick</i> in and out of EZest will really help. The <i>quick </i>dip can be repeated, but know when to stop.</p><p>Further I recommend finishing on all coins with BU Coin Conserv.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dynoking, post: 26109852, member: 81795"]I pray I used soft writing as to not insult you or your coins. I'm just not seeing a good ROI on grading these. So you did the first step with the acetone. That's the place to start. I have found acetone to not be the end all/cure all of coin conservation. I'm pretty sure you do not see too much or even any difference. I have been successful with BU Coin Conditioner. One at a time nickels put the coin in a dip basket, place in a small glass bowl. Care pour the cleaner in the bowl to just cover the coin. Count off -3 Mississippi then pull the coin/basket and rinse under hot water. Pat dry a terry cloth towel. Check your results. You can repeat. You can count -six miss. It would take a lot to hurt your circulated nickels' with this dip, especially the '26 S. How ever I don't think you can improve the stripes on the reverse so don't over do it. The V Nick - I doubt you can remove the black freckles, I would stop when the fields clear up. As far as the 2 1/2 Indian goes I'm confident that a [I]quick[/I] in and out of EZest will really help. The [I]quick [/I]dip can be repeated, but know when to stop. Further I recommend finishing on all coins with BU Coin Conserv.[/QUOTE]
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