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Most of the things used in modern paints are industrial solvents - toluene, xylene, acetone, such like. They're exactly the kinds of solvents we would normally recommend to clean coins with. So in ge… (View Post)

Let me do the maths: New coins (so far) acquired in 2024: 347 New coins acquired in 2023: 158 So one might well assume another 200 to 300 would be added in 2025. But after 35+ years of singleness I'v… (View Post)

Yes. Not even the ancients made coins where both sides were identical in design, nor with an edge that looked like that. The provenance does not help either. It is illegal, and has been illegal for q… (View Post)

Acetone won't remove tarnish. You'd need something like E-z-est dip, or the baking soda and aluminium foil method. (View Post)

It's too late. It's been bumped, so you may as well run with it. It's your thread now. ;) (View Post)