What would happen if I coated this toned IHC with Blue Ribbon?

Russ

Would the colors disappear?

Russ, NCNE

UncleJoe

Try it!!!

Joe.

MajorDuty

Stirin' the pot...

ABC123

Go for it !

Russ

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It's a serious question. The claim has been made that coating a toned IHC with Blue Ribbon will make the toning vanish. If one of those who has made that claim will confirm that this will work with this coin, I will buy some Blue Ribbon and do it.

Russ, NCNE

jacktheknife

It would turn a perfect copper red color, of course. Then dip it in acetone and magically it would be toned in wonderful shades of blue and purple.

Jack

ColonialCoinUnion

Do it!

But if it does turn blue, and its real pretty, and you then submit it to a grading service and they call it MS66*, and you subsequently consign it to an auction, and it sells for several thousand dollars more than you paid, I want a share of the take.

mcheath

pabst blue ribbon? what a waste of beer.

tradedollarnut

Apparently, this:

seateddime

do it

Bochiman

Well, they are also saying that the NEW blue ribbon isn't the same.
So, to do it to THEIR satisfaction, you would need to use the old stuff, if you can find it. Isn't that what they are saying?
I think they are saying you could just shellac it as well....

curly

Good Lord tradedollarnut.....that makes me want to get out of the hobby.

SamByrd

leave the indian alone its a nice coin, why take a chance

Newmismatist

The blue highlites will mostly or completely disappear, the coin will probably look a "glossy orange" , maybe yellow-orange. If you don't like the look just rinse with acetone, you'll most likely get the same look as now - UNLESS there is something else on that coin which the acetone also removes during the rinse process - To see exactly what happens to a "clean" (uncontaminated) surface, try the acetone first - then the Blue Ribbon - to revert back, just rinse with acetone (in a well ventilated area - Acetone is toxic)

JustaRookie

PBR, love the stuff! Let me know where I can get some. Can't find it where I am.....! Do the 24 packs still come with the "Native American" surprise cent like the 10 Cheerios sackies I have? Ah, this brings back some not so distant memories when I would sit down at the table and pop open that freash box of Cheerios and expand the box so I could I reach in an pull that treasured sackie out then bust that fresh case of Pabst open to reveal my surprise cent then pour half of that first can of PBR over my "O"s just admiring my two new treasures. Oh how I seem to digress these days and think about what I wouldn't give to have the good old days back......