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• The E-Sylum: Volume 8, Number 25, June 19, 2005, Article 15
  

  PROPER COIN CARE: CRINGING AT NOSE OIL
  

  Alan V. Weinberg writes: "The use of "nose oil" to gloss up
  early coppers makes me cringe. While the initial visual
  impression might be good, the medium-long term effects
  would presumably be devastating to any early copper's
  surfaces.
  

  First, does not "nose oil" carry the same acidic qualities as
  fingerprint and palm print body oil which will, in short time,
  etch itself into a copper's surfaces? We all know what
  fingerprints look like on a copper coin - well, that print
  comes from the acidic body oil exuding from the pores
  on one's hand. By applying "nose oil" you will soon be
  etching the entire surface of a copper!
  

  Second, in the application of "nose oil", I can assure you
  that tiny flecks of dried fingertip skin flake off with the oil
  and on to the copper's surfaces and crevices, soon to
  start corroding into green verdigris.
  

  Stick with Care and Blue Ribbon, applied with a Q-tip
  and 99% blotted off (not wiped off) with a soft old
  much-washed (and clean) T-shirt."
  

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• http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v08n25a15.html

Date published

• 2005-06-19

Volume

• 8

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