Will wax lower the grade on a coin?

Type2 · April 23, 2011 8:20AM

This is why I ask. I have alot of Jefferson's mint rolls and when I open them some of them will have Wax from the dies they look like the coin below. I don't know if I should leve it on the coin or get it off with a toothpick befor I send it in and if after I do this will it get booted for wax?

Thanks in advance,Type2.

MikeInFL · April 23, 2011 8:22AM

I would try something non-destructive like acetone to try and dissolve it before putting toothpick to coin.

Regardless, I would try and remove it before sending to PCGS.

LindeDad · April 23, 2011 8:42AM

If you send it in like that they will bag it IMO. Acetone is your friend and the coins.

ianrussell · April 23, 2011 8:52AM

It's usually easy to get the wax off a coin like that without it causing damage. I'm trying to remember the deal I saw a few years ago that the owner had pretty much covered every coin in his collection in wax. Surprisingly, the original luster was preserved underneath once the wax was removed. I lost a bet as a result.

- Ian

JamesMurray · April 23, 2011 8:54AM

My first thought is Wax melts ..so..i'd find a way of warming it without harming it and see what happens , maybe a piece of blotting tissue at the ready , but i dont know if the wax is going to leave a stain ?

llafoe · April 23, 2011 8:54AM

As long as it's not ear wax! :

... or nose grease!

Type2 · April 23, 2011 11:34AM

GrumpyEd · April 23, 2011 11:48AM

Isn't it grease not wax?

I see it on a lot of coins when searching OBW rolls, often from the 60s-70s.

Acetone will probably get it off but you might see less toning where the grease was and it probably will lower the grades. If I was searching out gems to have graded I would avoid coins with it.

AUandAG · April 23, 2011 11:51AM

I don't get the grading of modern common date nickels. Perhaps that is what makes coin collecting
so interesting. To each their own, as they say. Is it really worth getting these graded?
bob

Type2 · April 23, 2011 11:58AM

A 1964 FS in MS65 will get you good $$$$.

golfer72 · April 23, 2011 9:36PM

<< <i>I don't get the grading of modern common date nickels. Perhaps that is what makes coin collecting
so interesting. To each their own, as they say. Is it really worth getting these graded?
bob >>

Moderns start in 1965.

ricko · April 24, 2011 2:07AM

Acetone is the answer.... however, as stated above, there could be areas without tarnish under the substance. Cheers, RickO

Will wax lower the grade on a coin?

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