PVC or no?
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I have not mastered knowing what the PVC "look" is.
Check the wing tip on the left.
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Looks like PVC to me.
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PVC
Ugh...
I was hoping not..... Thank you gentlemen.
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Yes.
PVC
It's a couple of tiny spots that look stable on a well circulated gold coin. I'd leave it alone and not worry about it. If you have it removed, it will adversely affect the original look of this very attractive coin.
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I've never seen that color of PVC on gold so I'm not sure.
Agree w/ Perry about not doing anything.
I have more problems with PVC haze.
It's pretty inexpensive for PCGS to conserve and I've always been very happy with the results.
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If PCGS conserved this coin, it would lose its crusty original old gold look that many collectors prize. It's doesn't look like PVC to me. PVC is usually a light green haze that covers an area a lot larger than a few crevices between wing feathers.
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Certainly looks like PVC...Some on the letter D as well.... Removal can be done, but, as mentioned above, it could leave visual evidence. PVC does not harm gold, but the surface may appear different due to being covered by the PVC. If the coin were mine, I would use acetone to remove it ....I just do not like to have PVC on any coin. Cheers, RickO
Maybe I'm having trouble with colors, but where are we seeing PVC on this coin?
Nevermind I see the green spot now
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Looks like PVC. I personally have never seen PVC gold gold.
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it looks like PVC and should probably be removed. I wouldn't recommend to anyone what they do with their coins but my experience with NGC/NCS has taught me a few things.
one of the biggest mis-understandings about "coin conservation" is that when it is performed it means a wholesale negative transformation of a coin's appearance. whenever that is mentioned, the most egregious cases are cited and they are most certainly the rare exceptions and not the norm. maybe the biggest part of Numismatic Conservation is an analysis of the coin(s) and the best non-destructive and non-altering method to rectify the problem.
speaking with PCGS Customer Service and explicitly detailing the suspected problem would be a first step. once PCGS gets this coin, who among us thinks they would proceed with a very harsh method to strip away the overall surface of the coin?? that's ludicrous. if I had the coin I think a simple Q-tip with acetone would solve the problem, wouldn't they arrive at the same conclusion at PCGS and do the same thing??
on the other hand, you could do nothing and pull the coin out in ____________ and find that its appearance had changed and irreparable damage had been done.
If you take an original dirty crusty gold coin and clean a small area with a Q-tip and acetone, the cleaned area will stick out like a sore thumb and be quite obvious.
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well, we all have our opinions, thanks for sharing yours.
You mean like this?
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I like the before coin much better.
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I like the before image, also.
did you talk to CS first?? what was your reason for having it conserved?? PerryHall might be correct about the Gold and more than just the PVC coming off, but with this Half-Dime I would assume conservation would do just what it did and wouldn't have done it.
Can someone show us a US gold coin with PVC where the PVC actually damaged the gold coin?
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I wrote a specific note explaining what I wanted done which was to remove what appeared to be a liquid stain from the obverse. I never dreamed the results of "restoration" would be the appearance of being dipped in battery acid although on their restoration page they do mention toning removal is a possibility, so I can't say anything about it. I just wonder if they tried less intrusive measures first. I thought about trying it myself first with an acetone bath which I should have. I'll bet if I cracked it out and sent it in raw they'd send it back as genuine.
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Well, the liquid stain is gone now...along with a bit more.
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