Can the dreaded green be removed......

coinsarefun · October 29, 2008 3:24PM

......from my brass token?.....

If there is a chance please tell me how

Stefanie

commoncents05 · October 29, 2008 3:25PM

I think acetone and a Q-tip should do the trick.

-Paul

coinsarefun · October 29, 2008 3:32PM

<< <i>I think acetone and a Q-tip should do the trick.

-Paul >>

Do you soak it in acetone or just dab with a soaked Q-tip?

Stefanie

coinsarefun · October 29, 2008 4:02PM

A little bit of information I came across while researching this particular merchant card and thought
to include this here.

from this great site

Stefanie

Some Fugio dies were produced in the 1850's probably at the Scovill mint in Waterbury, Connecticut and probably at the request of the numismatist and lawyer, Charles I. Bushnell. The Scovill Manufacturing Company had been a major supplier of Hard Times Tokens as well as a producer of various buttons and small metal objects. Their is no evidence as to the origin of the Fugio dies but it is known that Bushnell had the Scovill Company produce several fantasy colonial items for him in the 1850's. According to a notice in the American Journal of Numismatics from January of 1873 (on p. 72) three sets of Fugio dies were acquired by Horatio N. Rust in 1858, one die was acquired in Bridgeport and five others were from New Haven. These were, of course, the dies created at the Waterbury mint. It is not known if Rust was part of the deception or if he genuinely thought the dies were original Fugio dies. According to the journal notice Rust used these dies to strike off three to four hundred copies of the Fugio cent in copper as well as some in silver and gold at the Scovill mint in Waterbury. In the past these copies were incorrectly associated with some fantasy tokens created by the teenage C. Wyllys Betts in New Haven. It was thought Betts had located some original dies and used them to made some restrikes. From this mistaken attribution the Fugio copies have become known as the "New Haven Restrikes." However, they were been minted in Waterbury, from new dies created in Waterbury. Thus they are not restrikes from the original dies, nor are they from New Haven! Related to this is an item thought to have been a pattern used in the creation of the Fugio hub. This is now considered to be a fantasy piece created by Bushnell in the 1850s.

BECOKA · October 29, 2008 4:21PM

Acetone does not hurt most metals. Should do the trick for the green. You can soak or use q tip. I prefer the soak. Q tip is only good if there is loose foreign material that needs a little assistance.

Boom · October 29, 2008 4:26PM

I would NOT try Acetone first!

I WOULD try Virgin Olive Oil or Mineral Oil -

a nice, slow soak in either certainly will not hurt your token.

Steve27 · October 29, 2008 8:50PM

That appears to be verdigris; thus, neither acetone nor oil will help.

MadMarty · October 29, 2008 10:43PM

This should do the trick!!!

garsmith · October 30, 2008 12:04AM

<<Can the dreaded green be removed......>>

mr1931S · October 30, 2008 12:09AM

Acetone will not touch salts of Copper that have formed on coins or tokens.The green color is Copper Chloride...

It is a waste of time,and Acetone, to treat deposit(s) of Copper Chloride with Acetone....

The green you are seeing on Stefanie's token is Copper Chloride, it is not PVC contamination.My understanding is that Acetone will remove PVC contamination if it is not too advanced.

You could soak a coin or token in Acetone for years,however,and it will not dissolve salts of Copper such as Chloride (green color) or Sulphate (blue color).

I once found a 1924 D penny with my metal detector that was better than extremely fine from a wear standpoint but it had a bubble of corrosion just above the date from reacting with the soil. The color of the bubble was green.Acetone did not touch the green bubble and it won't touch the green on Stefanie's token either.

Broadstruck · October 30, 2008 1:18AM

A little sandbasting would do the trick... Green Be Gone!

coinsarefun · October 30, 2008 2:10AM

<< <i>A little sandbasting would do the trick... Green Be Gone!

>>

nankraut · October 30, 2008 2:27AM

Hey Stephanie....don't you just LOVE all this advice? and it's FREE!!

PS: I really like your tokens.

coinsarefun · October 30, 2008 3:48AM

<< <i>PS: I really like your tokens. >>

Thanks

I really like this one, but I don't know if it can be saved

Stefanie

Boom · October 30, 2008 5:17AM

Sandblasting just may give it that burnished/ matte look.

Can the dreaded green be removed......

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