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Beistle Medal with a zit to cure!

SouthcountySouthcounty Posts: 707 ✭✭✭✭✭
I picked up this interesting medal because of my interest in M.L. Beistle and his book on half dollars. I found it quite interesting that all of those Halloween decorations that my mom would set out when I was a kid were actually produced by the company of a man who would help to inspire my love of early half dollars so many years later.

As a side note, the gentleman on the right has a green zit on top of a dark red patch. Would you do anything about that and if so what?

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Thanks,
Scott

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    TomBTomB Posts: 23,085 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is a cool medal that I have never seen. Do you have his book? I have an original edition with the names of the previous owners inside.
    Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography

    In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson

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    SouthcountySouthcounty Posts: 707 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Anyone have any suggestions on that green and red spot on the cheek?
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    CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,654 ✭✭✭✭✭
    An acetone dip may help, and definitely won't hurt. Cool medal!
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Acetone would be my first recommendation... soak for a few hours, then an alcohol rinse, followed by a hot, running water rinse, then a blow dry. Cheers, RickO
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,585 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nothing more aggressive than acetone. If that doesn't work and it really bothers you, send it to NCS but don't expect miracles.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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    291fifth291fifth Posts: 25,206 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Acetone would be my first recommendation... soak for a few hours, then an alcohol rinse, followed by a hot, running water rinse, then a blow dry. Cheers, RickO >>



    Acetone will remove the original lacquer coating that was almost certainly applied as a part of the original manufacturing process. It may end up looking worse than it does now. I'd just leave it as it is.
    All glory is fleeting.

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