Canberra Florins

[trout]

Soak it in lemon juice for a couple of hours then rinse in soapy water.
 The stains should come off.

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So will all the lustre and you will forever ruin the coin , DONT do this.
If it is varnish a soak in acetone will remove this without ANY harm to the coin :ok:

[autocoupler]

Quite some years ago I had a 1927 penny (funny it's the same date) that someone had coated with varnish. Nothing would move it, even acetone didn't come through for me. In the end I tried paint thinners, thinking about it a logical candidate and bingo, stripped that little penny as bare as a babies bottom. Even the verdigris which was lurking beneath was laying in blobs at the bottom of the cup the next morning, unfortunately so was the patina, well not really but was totally gone and the coin looked freshly off the presses :angel: This then got me thinking that I had stumbled upon a sure fire way of getting rid of verdigris, and try as I may, it was impossible to replicate the previous result :idea: hmmm.....silly, a coat of varnish had to be applied first didn't it, and then allow to cure! Anyhow, not that the coin was any good to start with, but it retoned nicely with regular contact of human body oils (starting to get kinky I hear you say). Around the base of the neck is a good spot particularly if you're a greasy little bugger like me, and PCGS will never know :winkextra: Someone once told me a good way to retone was to slip the coin inside your sock and wear it for a day or two :shock: it works :yahoo: And it beats going to the gym :biggrin:

[trout]

Nothing would move it, even acetone didn't come through for me.

With something like varnish you need to soak the coin in acetone for quite a while.
Just put a tissue in the bottom of a small screw top jar then add the coin and acetone then just set and forget for a few weeks.
The acetone will do NO harm to the coin and will eventually dissolve the varnish if left soaking for long enough :good:

This talk of using harsh chemicals to clean problem coins makes me cringe, Once a coin has been adversely cleaned it is damaged forever and doing this to any coin especially a Canberra florin to me is abhorrent .

[Basil]

....something like varnish you need to soak the coin in acetone.

Yep,usually works for varnish,paint etc.
If it doesn't then you need to use a Ultrasonic cleaner,dab of detergent with half teaspoon of Baking Soda,the bits of the coin that aren't toned or had a varnish covering will have a sheen but if you leave the  coin in air for a few weeks it will usually return to a natural toning.

[trout]

Here is an example of a perfectly good coin that someone decided that a bit of a clean up would benefit it :cray:
This was probably done with all of the best intentions But it has forever ruined the surface of what was probably a MS64 coin before it was scrubbed :dash1:
Whoever did this turned a $150-$200 coin into $7 worth of scrap Silver.
Cleaning coins is NEVER a good idea even if you think you know what you are doing there is always the risk that you will ruin the coin.
The best advice I can give anyone regarding cleaning coins is simply don't do it :ok:

[Basil]

The best advice I can give anyone regarding cleaning coins is simply don't do it :ok:

I agree,unless its Verdigris its best to live with it but when you have paint/varnish and the like on a Coin its visual & monetary values increase with it gone.

[ausjack]

:agreed:

[trout]

There was a time when Varnishing coins was an accepted practice as it does help to preserve the coin. :ok:

[ausjack]

Trends come and go so maybe I could start this one again :mocking:

[trout]

Good idea Mate.
We could varnish all them nasty cleaned coins and flog em off as flash new ones :diablo: :laugh2:

[ausjack]

Sounds good I'll be in the shed :laugh2:

[Basil]

Sounds good I'll be in the shed :laugh2:

Don't forget if you want it slabbed i'll get one of the Dodgy Bros. to personally grade it, Unc..$150..Fine.. $100..Basal State... Slab of beer....LOL..


All this talk reminds me of a 1933(?) Florin i received in a bulk lot a few years back.Looks like someone had coloured it in with enamel of some kind,it wasn't nail varnish as a Acetone bath did nothing.Finally got it to break away in a Ultrasonic cleaner,it took several cycles,10+ IIRC,but once the edges went it all fell away.
I had it sitting outside in a glass bottle(Crows & Currawongs try to steal it)  for several months and it toned up OK.I'll try and find it and post a Pic.

[ausjack]

All good Basil I've been thinking about setting up my own slabbing company
From what I've seen it's not that hard to do and you just copy paste from a reputable company and it's all good :blink: I'll even put "WE" in everything so it sounds like there's more than just me doing it :angel:

[trout]

All good Basil I've been thinking about setting up my own slabbing company

From what I've seen it's not that hard to do and you just copy paste from a reputable company and it's all good :blink: I'll even put "WE" in everything so it sounds like there's more than just me doing it :angel:

So, Is this going to be called AJPCGS?? :laugh2:

[ausjack]

:laugh2: well it's as good as any name isn't it :blush2: Surely apcgs wouldn't have a problem with that :mocking: