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Black toned, nearly corroded nickels and conservation
erwindoc
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Does anyone have any experience with these circulated coins? Is there saving them at all?
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I'm pretty sure that corrosion has an irreversible effect on any coin.
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You might try that nic-a-lene cleaner they sell. I recall a part time dealer who claimed good results with it.
Or even vinegar perhaps?
I’ve never personally done much with nickel myself.
I’m assuming these are low value coins as-is, with little downside if things go poorly.
I have experimented with vinegar on blackened nickels. The acetic acid does dissolve the black surface but at what cost? It's nice to have details coins to test chemicals on. Good luck. Peace Roy
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Nickalene works ok . I have used it in the past. Contains same acid "Phosphoric" as in a coca cola.
I don't drink that stuff any more , my kidneys say thank you.
Try a small amount of water In a cup, enough to cover your nickel put one or two drops of lemon juice in the cup
Stand the nickel up on its edge so juice
Can work on both sides. and watch the crud come off your nickel. Takes some days . It won't cure corrision just the crud.
Works on silver too but leaves a cleaned look.. not hardly on a nickel. I have turned no grades with crud into slabbed AU58.
this method came from the book " Confessions of a Numismatic Fanatic" by Frank Robinson.
How about these:
I found about 20 of these black buffaloes, and acid hardly even gets through the stuff.
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