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<p>[QUOTE="gatzdon, post: 250309, member: 8247"]Now for the original coin that started this thread. I was reading up on Ezest and it appears to simply be thiourea acid (this can be picked up at Walmart labeled as silver cleaner). So, I did a couple second dip in the Thiourea Acid and magically the toning dissappeared.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know how to tone coins. I tried duplicating this toning on another half without success. I assume I contaminated something with this particular coin and that it was acetone that I forgot the coin in rather than the thiourea acid. Either way, it's time to move on as toned coins really don't do anything for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is still ugly and still has just a little green crap left on the edge, but for now I'm going to put it in a cardboard flip and save it for another day. Afterall, I found it in circulation and only paid 50¢ for it, so it's at least worth what I paid for it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gatzdon, post: 250309, member: 8247"]Now for the original coin that started this thread. I was reading up on Ezest and it appears to simply be thiourea acid (this can be picked up at Walmart labeled as silver cleaner). So, I did a couple second dip in the Thiourea Acid and magically the toning dissappeared. I don't know how to tone coins. I tried duplicating this toning on another half without success. I assume I contaminated something with this particular coin and that it was acetone that I forgot the coin in rather than the thiourea acid. Either way, it's time to move on as toned coins really don't do anything for me. The coin is still ugly and still has just a little green crap left on the edge, but for now I'm going to put it in a cardboard flip and save it for another day. Afterall, I found it in circulation and only paid 50¢ for it, so it's at least worth what I paid for it.[/QUOTE]
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