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andrelimantara Special user Surabaya, Indonesia 871 Posts |
Just curious
don't you think the process will "remove" the silver layer of the coin if you do it over and over, eventually ?
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Griff Loyal user Florida 285 Posts |
No it won't on real silver coins. You will eventually lose detail, but if you want soft coins, it doesn't really matter. And once you get the results you want, you're done. This is a photo of 2 sets. The Morgan set is actually a Johnson shell (bottom) and store bought Morgans. I bought them in good condition, then softened them and then aged them myself. This way I have a soft coin with nice sharp edges. The Walkers are a Dean's set (2 yrs. old now) still have a nice edge even though you can't really tell by the photo. This isn't a very good photo because it doesn't show the actual shine of the highlighted areas. But it gives you the idea...
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DStachowiak Inner circle Baltimore, MD 2158 Posts |
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On 2007-01-03 10:41, MichaelKent wrote: Thank you for the detailed explanation Michael, I will try it!
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andrelimantara Special user Surabaya, Indonesia 871 Posts |
That's nice sets of coin you have there, Griff
I'll try it. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Andre
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DStachowiak Inner circle Baltimore, MD 2158 Posts |
I aged some coins by the bleach method last night, but the direct flash on my camera washes out the detail too much to get a good shot, I'll try and get photos today when I have better lighting options, I am very pleased with the result.
I didn't have any silver polish handy, so I used ashes (ashes are a great metal polish, very gentle)
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27300 Posts |
Why are folks going for soft coins for this trick?
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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Joshua Barrett Inner circle Cincinnati, Ohio 3631 Posts |
I perform coinOne and I wonder the same
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rutabaga Inner circle Toronto, Canada 1283 Posts |
Monkey see, monkey do. LOL.
Actually, when it comes to choosing an expensive gaff, I personally want the most bang for my buck - soft coins [especially remilled soft coins] seem to simply have more options for me... |
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andrelimantara Special user Surabaya, Indonesia 871 Posts |
It was sugessted in the DVD
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andrelimantara Special user Surabaya, Indonesia 871 Posts |
Ooops my bad..... it wasn't mention in the dvd
Sorry
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Joshua Barrett Inner circle Cincinnati, Ohio 3631 Posts |
I have remilled coins and I find them more limiting really. like I have 4 plus [. and now I need 5 and 6 plus [, so now I'm a bit annoyed that I can;t just go buy more coins.
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Joshua Barrett Inner circle Cincinnati, Ohio 3631 Posts |
And they don;t edge grip as well =D forgot to mention that
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rutabaga Inner circle Toronto, Canada 1283 Posts |
Joshua,
How do you find the remilled coins impede your edge grip? |
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Joshua Barrett Inner circle Cincinnati, Ohio 3631 Posts |
I have dry hands, and the new milling is to flat and they basically act like a smooth edge coin and they slip more often then a "regular" coin. normally they don;t slip down, they slip to the right more. its not always a problem but it has caused me to fumble a few times when I have not had this problem with coin with original milling
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kissdadookie Inner circle 4275 Posts |
Joshua. If you get yourself some 1800's Morgan Silver Dollars that are soft you will see why the remilling helps. One circulated and uncirculated newer 1921 coins the original milling is excellent but with older soft coins the milling is pretty much non-existant on most of them. I think I know what you are talking about with the flat milling on remilled coins. I think Schoolcraft mills them like that. Try the other guy is you don't like Schoolcraft. I'm sure Lassen remills them very closely to original milling on coins.
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DStachowiak Inner circle Baltimore, MD 2158 Posts |
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On 2007-01-05 10:18, Jonathan Townsend wrote: Actually I just picked up on the tangent about the aged coins LOL By the way here are the photos of my experiment, I am pleased with the results. These were all bright shiny clean silver to start with: http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r124/......hed1.jpg http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r124/......hed2.jpg http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r124/......ail1.jpg http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r124/......ail2.jpg
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andrelimantara Special user Surabaya, Indonesia 871 Posts |
Those do look nice......
I like them... look aged and old
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paisa23 Inner circle 7293 Posts |
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On 2007-01-05 12:03, andrelimantara wrote: No it was not mentioned on the DVD but when you order the DVD it tells you a few suggestions on what to use. It says that you Should Start with halves oppose to Dollars also to use Soft coins because of the Noise issue. I read it once so I might be wrong but hey what ever. DStachowiak!!!! Those are Gorgeous!!!! Im Scared to try that though. WOW I love them.
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DStachowiak Inner circle Baltimore, MD 2158 Posts |
Paisa, it actually seems to be a pretty gentle process. I suggest working with a window open, just because it IS chlorine bleach, and I don't know if this procedure produces chlorine gas or not, but I wasn't taking any chances. As soon as the coins got dark enough to suit me, I fished them out of the soup and dumped the bleach down the drain, and rinsed the coins under running water to stop the process. Keep an eye on them, they turn fairly fast. I don't think I would use it on expensive gaffs yet, I want to experiment more with regular silver coins to be sure I can fine-tune the process.
IMPORTANT POINT- Wash the coins with detergent and hot water to make sure they are absolutely clean, I didn't do this with the Franklins, and there is some unevenness to the tarnish, I suspect the coin was oily or greasy. You could probably get more contrast if you clean the "light" parts with commercial silver polish, but using ashes is more controllable (and more work!)
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MichaelKent Special user 560 Posts |
I like your coins, DStachowiak! I personally prefer the highlights on mine to look a little brighter, but yours definitely look aged! Good work!
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