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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2391763, member: 1892&quot;]Worn silver shouldn&#039;t have surfaces as &quot;clean&quot; as dipping gets them. That&#039;s reserved for Mint State pieces. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m seeing a combination of crud and patina here, the typical result of a coin spending years doing what coins are made to do. Various methodologies would probably have to be combined to get all the stuff off - organic solvents would (eventually) remove some of it, but only stripping the surfaces will get the rest and chances are the darker areas which are the OP&#039;s actual concern would require the most &quot;violent&quot; intervention of all. And each step would result in certain areas looking artificially &quot;clean&quot; by comparison to the others. That&#039;s why I called it &quot;all or nothing.&quot; In this case, it&#039;s just better to leave well enough alone. The only appropriate action - to me - is Paul M.&#039;s suggestion of making it into a pocket piece, which has the problem of lowering the technical grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my collection, it would stand as-is, an example of a coin that did its&#039; job and is now enjoying an unmolested retirement. A goal we all strive towards, and I daresay by the time we&#039;re 98 years old we&#039;d all hope to look as good. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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