Found a little something and a quick question..

[Johnny X]

How can i get fire damage/residue from the mercs?


Thanks for the look.

xstevenx

 

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[Danimal]

Gee...thanks for all the details

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

How can i get fire damage/residue from the mercs?

nx

I would leave them as is, but IF YOU MUST, try about 25-30 seconds of electrolysis.

 

[lonewolfe]

5 minutes in a tumbler with soap & water and plastic pellets

or

a quick dip in silver tarnish remover followed by a good long rise under luke warm water and then a cloth to remove what's left on them the best you can.

Of course - this is if the coins are all common and just melt grade anyway - because at that point - it won't matter as they'll never be worth more than that anyway.

good luck and HH

Lonewolfe

 

[Gadget]

If you just want to shine them up and don't care about quality much, baking soda and water paste works well.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice bunch of silver! I use a silver cleaner, liquid dip type but not on all the coins. HH, Mike

 

[pokerbear]

Nice cache Johnny and good pics...but, could you please tell us the story of how they came to be?

 

[ran-man]

nice pile of coins

 

[ZoSo71]

That's a lot of siver...

Is there a story behind thoes coins?

Please share

ZoSo71

 

[99Brown]

Awesome pile of oldies....come on now......lets hear the story...

99Brown

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

WE just have to hear the story. Dang that's a haul!!!!!

 

[PBK]

WE just have to hear the story. Dang that's a haul!!!!!

I'll second that! In fact, that looks like a great story for a magazine like Western & Eastern Treasures!

 

[EDDE]

soak them in transmission fluid
it has detergents to keep metal clean/unscorched at high temps

 

[Johnny X]

Thanks for all of the suggestions! Sorry I didn't post the story, I was in a hurry last evening. And to be honest my title is a little misleading... Anyways when my grandfather was a young boy he made friends with a "Meter Maid" and every week after doing his rounds, he'd let my grandfather exchange and keep the coins he wanted. Well, now they are mine. In the early 70's my grandfathers house burnt down, which explains all of the fire residue on the mercs and wheats/. The oldest coins he gave me are an 1853 half dime (arrowed), 1853 large cent, and an 1866 shielded nickle. Those aren't included in the picture. Thanks for all of the reads and posts... and again sorry for the misleading title!

xStevenx

 

[Nate in Ohio]

Anytime I reluctantly resort to cleaning silver coins, my method is always ammonia. It really depends on how you want the end product to look I guess. I've seen the results from various silver cleaners (like polish), and they just make the coins look way too fake to me. The ammonia keeps much of the original look to them while removing any distracting stains (as long as the stains and such aren't TOO bad). But you won't end up with a shiny, blinding, slick, glossy, white, coin.

 

[patpall22]

That is a very cool story. I love reading threads where the backround info comes a bit later. It sure allowed my imagination to run wild. I think that I could sit and go through those coins for months without getting bored. Nice collection.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Certainly don't clean them all! And the Mercs will go down in value if you clean them. Even if you don't care about the value and don't wish to sell them...I wouldn't clean them. And the other coins look just fine as-is.

 

[gold fish]

In talking to a professional coin collector friend of mine(the kind that drops $16,000, yes sixteen THOUSAND, on an MS68 half-dime), he says that *PURE acetone won't hurt the finish of silver, as it doesn't chemically alter the silver in any way. This may mean that it won't remove fire damage tho', but at least it's worth a try. Just clean VERY gently with a Q-tip.

*You have to use PURE acetone, DO NOT use nail-polish remover, it will eat a coin(turns it all kinds'a nasty colors), due to the other chemicals in it.

 

[Johnny X]

Thanks for the tips.
I happen to have access to pure acetone at my place of employment!

sweeeeeeeeeet


xstevenx

 

[Night Stalker]

Very impressive pile Johnny ~ how about some details of how you came about finding it.

Awesome Find ~ Congrats!

HH/NS