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zhuanan
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Posted: May 12, 2012 11:31pm
Hi all:
In case you feel that the coins that you have is not "worn" enough, how/what would you do make it more "worn"?
Would appreciate your feedback.
Thank you! 
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Wes65
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I've said very little in
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Posted: May 13, 2012 12:10am
Not much you can do for clad coins.
For silver, you'll find a few techniques by doing a search on the café's search engine. However, a simpler solution might be to go to a coin shop and trade them in for more worn coins. But if you do that you might find matching the coins a challenge.
In my constant search for matching soft coins I made many trips to coin shops. Each time I would come home with coins that were less soft until I ended up back where I started, with only slightly worn, unsoft coins which I learned to use effectively.
Wes
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billmarq
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but still a novice after
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Posted: May 13, 2012 10:03am
This previously posted video might have the answer for you:
http://vimeo.com/37120738
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zhuanan
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Posted: May 13, 2012 10:13am
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On 2012-05-13 10:03, billmarq wrote:
This previously posted video might have the answer for you:
http://vimeo.com/37120738
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Thanks. But the Video does not seem to load
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billmarq
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Posted: May 13, 2012 10:34am
It loads for me when I click on the link. This was created by Bradley Morgan. His original post is on Page 4 in this forum. "Making Coins Soft."
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Mb217
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Posted: May 13, 2012 1:22pm
Hey bill,
You know how if you bleach the coin it will turn dark so you can polish the dark away from the higher parts of the coin? What would you do to remove all the dark from the coin?
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boydy
Special user
Scotland
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Posted: May 13, 2012 1:39pm
Drill a hole in one, put a chain through the hole and wear it round your neck.
"There are no limitations except those we set up in our own minds" Napoleon Hill
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billmarq
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407 Posts
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Posted: May 13, 2012 5:07pm
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On 2012-05-13 13:22, Mb217 wrote:
Hey bill,
You know how if you bleach the coin it will turn dark so you can polish the dark away from the higher parts of the coin? What would you do to remove all the dark from the coin?
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I don't do this sort of thing, but I believe someone somewhere suggested soaking the coin in Coca Cola or some other acidic liquid.
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itlust
Regular user
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Posted: May 14, 2012 6:39am
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On 2012-05-13 13:22, Mb217 wrote:
Hey bill,
You know how if you bleach the coin it will turn dark so you can polish the dark away from the higher parts of the coin? What would you do to remove all the dark from the coin?
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You can use silver polisher,but it still need a lot of work ... aluminium foil & baking soda method will work too
don't use bleach! using bleach will make the coin black but after a few days(or months )the color will change to brownish ...
Liver of sulphur is the best method !
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billmarq
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Posted: May 15, 2012 3:15am
Actually, elsewhere in the Café I asked whether or not we should clean our silver coins, an activity that coin collectors find horrendous. I do clean mine with a solution of baking soda in water. I wet the coins and rub them gently between my fingers, then rinse them completely and pat them dry with a soft towel. I do not know if this method works on bleach induced tarnishing but it does clean coins with natural tarnishing or "tone" and leaves them with a nice luster.
The baking soda treatment was recommended to me many years ago as the only way to clean coins, and even then not to do that if your coins were of any value. But we are not collectors, are we?
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