Rusted 1938 Mercury Dime

charlesf20 · May 16, 2022 12:27PM

Silver..cannot be rust. Acetone soak & rinse?

Oldhoopster · May 16, 2022 12:33PM

It was in contact with something containing iron and the rust stained your coin. These stains can be hard to remove. Maybe acetone will remove some but I wouldn't give it much hope. Best thing to do is forget it and move on IMO

291fifth · May 16, 2022 1:33PM

Strictly a melt bucket coin. Don't waste your time on it.

coinbuf · May 16, 2022 1:43PM

Maybe this was with all those corroded cents someone else posted recently.

CharlotteDude · May 16, 2022 3:20PM

Metal detecting find? Based on what I've personally experienced, what @Oldhoopster provided is spot on (pardon the pun).

ricko · May 17, 2022 4:26AM

Yep... It can be restored, but a lot of work and not really of any collector value. Spot silver.... Cheers, RickO

bsshog40 · May 17, 2022 6:04AM

Not of much value but a good project coin for acetone.

charlesf20 · May 17, 2022 12:28PM

As good as it get's.

Batman23 · May 17, 2022 12:58PM

Looks much better.

Rusted 1938 Mercury Dime

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