Date restoration on Standing Liberty Quarter

Mraskbal

I have a Standing Liberty Quarter with no stars on the reverse so I know the date is either 1916 or 1917. The problem is the date is unreadable and I was inquiring if there is anything anyone knows to restore the date on this coin.
I saw NIC A DATE RESTORER but it leads me to believe it is best to use it on Buffalo nickels.
Any ideas out there to guide me in the right direction?

lcutler

@Mraskbal said:
I have a Standing Liberty Quarter with no stars on the reverse so I know the date is either 1916 or 1917. The problem is the date is unreadable and I was inquiring if there is anything anyone knows to restore the date on this coin.
I saw NIC A DATE RESTORER but it leads me to believe it is best to use it on Buffalo nickels.
Any ideas out there to guide me in the right direction?

I don't know about date restoration on silver but there are identifying characteristics besides the date to tell if it is 1916 or 1917. You can post clear pictures here and someone should be able to help.

Mraskbal

0k, i will do that.
thank you

Mraskbal

Mraskbal

Hope these are clear enough

lcutler

That's a 1917 for sure. The giveaways on this one are the bold stars on the shield and the bold lines on the square below the shield.

Mraskbal

Thanks so much for the detailed explanation, I certainly see those differences. Learn something new today. I appreciate it

10ofSwords

When I was a kid in the 1960s, I heard that people could restore dates on SLQs - but I never found out what chemical was used.

Sapyx

Nic-a-date only works on cupronickel coins; the acids in Nic-a-date have no effect on silver. The same would be true of other acids (such as vinegar) that people use to make visible the dates on Buffalo nickels.

I too have heard people speak of chemicals that used to be marketed and sold to work on silver, but they no longer sell it due to the toxic/hazardous/carcinogenic nature of the chemicals in question. I believe the chemical mixture in question was chromic acid (a mixture of concentrated nitric acid and potassium dichromate).