Removing spots from new cents...high pressure water?

ambro51

Something I havent got to try, would be an extremely high pressure jet of water. Maybe get under the spot and lift it off with an intense water blast in a small area.

Forgive me for sounding like a jr. coin dr..... just after 22 rolls I see nothing but spots, there must be a way to remove them without changing the coin. There are a lot of amazing bright PL coins...with no surface nicks and good even rims, but the freaking spots!!

If you collect lincolns Id suggest you all look twice at those MS67RD business strikes on ebay from 2005 and later cents...they may be a big bargain and the only way to get a spot free coin.

rgCoinGuy

Since you have so many of them, have you tried anything, like an acetone dip or anything to see if the spots would go away? Just curious.

ricko

Just a recommendation... take a spotted coin to a chemist and have the spot analyzed.... then perhaps a suitable remover could be suggested.... I have no idea why you are finding so many spotted cents... but it may be a localized contamination and correctable. Cheers, RickO

ambro51

......so tell me, are you other folks NOT seeing bazillions of little blackish evaporation of the rinse spots on new cents? Thats all I see and I think they ALL have them.

19Lyds

I would think an extremely high pressure jet of water might also remove some of the copper plating on some of them! More than likely, some type of a rinsing agent was left to dry on the coins and what you are seeing is probably a discoloring of the actual copper in which case there nothing to remove.

Spotting on modern Lincolns is a big problem but just as with hits, dings, and gouges, a lack of spots is what makes the high grade ones most desireable.

pf70collector

Yes my new cents are plaqued with them. I stopped going through my 2006 cent rolls because of the spotting for now.

ambro51

Well the mint should get its chemist to work on this. LOTS of 2009's are going to be saved, it would be ashamed and a real insult to collectors if this 'defect' is not taken care of, for really it renders all these coins uncollectable.