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HyperionHyperion Posts: 7,516 ✭✭✭
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I hate having a coin attractive at a distance/glance and then you take a detailed image, and you see the green.

Is this coin permanently dead or will a soak remove the green? or can you never tell until you soak, rinse, repeat? or is this something that belongs shoved in a potatoe for a year? image
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    JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    You never know until you try the soak.
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    LotsoLuckLotsoLuck Posts: 3,786 ✭✭✭
    The good news is your not color blind so you CAN see the green image
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    kazkaz Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭
    once the green is gone... if it's pvc... you can tell if it ate into the surface or not.
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    HyperionHyperion Posts: 7,516 ✭✭✭
    yep, sometime soon I'll soak and see if it comes loose. if so, good, if not, I still like having it around image
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    BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    When are you holding the funeral services?image
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,802 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like it has already been dipped.

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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,976 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It has already been worked on, and it was no better than an MS-61 or 62 before it got the green gunk on it. The coin is worth maybe $5 on a very, very good day.
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    roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,374 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Must be a good day....I'll give ya $5 for it.

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    ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    Acetone in an ultrasonic cleaner should do the trick. This must, however, be done carefully. Put the coin and acetone in a small beaker that then sits in a bath of water in the ultrasonic cleaner.

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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,976 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Must be a good day....I'll give ya $5 for it.

    roadrunner >>



    My problem with this piece is that the red you see reflects that fact that coin has been stripped of its original brown skin IMO. That's why I made the comment about what I think it's worth.
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    ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,743 ✭✭✭✭✭
    With no intention to offend, the coin looks more pinkish than RD, which is a death sentence for copper. Bet it wouldn't slab. I wouldn't pay $5 for it.
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,354 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Looks like it has already been dipped. >>



    looks like it from here to. jmo
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    BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Looks like it has already been dipped. >>


    That's what I was going to say, though I'm referring to a coin. Not sure what a widget has to do with your question... image
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    HyperionHyperion Posts: 7,516 ✭✭✭
    welp, I just have it for type and it cartwheels so it's good by me. Thanks for all opinions!
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