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what is the equivalent of nic-a-date for silver coins?

anybody know what the product is/was called that shows the date on old silver?
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<< <i>I believe you can tell the 1916 by the dot and a half bead at the head and by the drapery (how far it goes down). >>
There was a thread a few months ago discussing the diagnostics of the 1916 vs the 1917 standing liberty quarter.
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Yes, about 25 years ago this stuff was available. It was diluted nitric acid. Nasty stuff. Left some pretty good stains on the coins, plus would leave stains on your fingers if you weren't careful. I had OK results, but many times you had to be "imaginative" to read the dates.
Even when you were careful and tried to recreate the date by wiping the coin with a cloth with the solution on the cloth, it still left nasty stains on the coins.
If you have a coin that may be a 1916, I would rely on other die characteristics to determine the date and not use Nic-a-Date. It would ruin the coin.
Collector of US Small Size currency, Atlanta FRNs, and Georgia nationals since 1977. Researcher of small size US type - seeking serial number data for all FRN star notes, Series 1928 to 1934-D. Life member SPMC.
I purchased a nic-a-date 1918/17-D 5c for my son's Whitman album. The overdate is very clear since treatment, and it is the only way that I would have ever filled that hole. If, when he is older, he wants an original, unaltered coin to fill the hole, that will be up to him.