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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clawcoins, post: 4295787, member: 77814&quot;]Now I mentioned my &quot;pile of misfits&quot; that go through a process many would rather not know about.&nbsp; So here they are.&nbsp; Piles of gunk all over the cents and some nickels and dimes.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093518[/ATTACH]</p><p>Oh wait.&nbsp; Yes, I did see those.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I thus promptly removed the two buffalo nickels to the right.&nbsp; Not deserving of the coming process.</p><p><br /></p><p>NOTE: This is done outside - do not do anything like this inside, or partially inside without a certified chemical ventilation system.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even with it outside you can see streams of the chemical reaction (like smoke or a fog) streaming into the air.&nbsp; Also be upwind from this so the smell is blown away from you.&nbsp; I also had a NOISH OV mask for chemical vapors and gloves.</p><p><br /></p><p>So here is the start of the process, pouring muriatic acid into the zincolns to make them erode at 1:06pm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093519[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>and thus they immedidately start fizzling</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093520[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is at 1:08pm as the reaction really gets going</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093521[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>at 1:14 you can start seeing the copper turn pink.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093522[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>1:28</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093523[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>2:48</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093524[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I ended up stopping this at around 4pm after the bubbling was minimal</p><p><br /></p><p>and neutralized the acid ... which made the copper go icky.&nbsp; I should do something else next time to not make the pretty pinkish copper go icky.</p><p><br /></p><p>As we watch the bubbling of the coins, we come to realize that now, if they had a mind of their own, the Disgruntled Coins have probably had a reckoning.&nbsp; And we can then do a Psychotic Analysis of them at this point, which can be bluntly diagnosed as, just &quot;Bubbly Mad&quot;.&nbsp; ha, a made a funny there if you missed it .. yes, where is that Idiot button now eh?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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