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Do TPG's stabilize a coin's surface before slabbing it?

relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited February 27, 2021 12:42PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Do they soak a coin in acetone or any other treatment? I'm just curious because if they grade a coin and then it develops unattractive spots or toning in the slab because of a foreign substance on the coin, it might not reflect well on the brand.

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  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,940 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nope.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 44,829 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No. Many wouldn't send them coins if they knew they were going to mess with them.

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  • AtcarrollAtcarroll Posts: 310 ✭✭✭

    Lol, no. Old school conventional wisdom is to not mess with a coins surface in any way. Coins will be slabbed exactly as they are submitted unless you submit for conservation. I personally rinse the majority of my new purchases with acetone, at the very least. I don't know who had them before me, or how they stored them, or what they may have put on them.

  • TurtleCatTurtleCat Posts: 4,583 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No, too much risk and introduces a bottleneck in the process. Also there is additional liability involved and someone would claim the process damaged something.

  • braddickbraddick Posts: 22,499 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Can you imagine the liability?
    "Hey! My precious coin didn't look like that before you stabilized it!"

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