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PROPER COIN CARE

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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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  • 2005-06-19
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  • 8

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