I can do buffalo nickels. How do I restore the date to a silver dime or quarter?
restoring the date on silver coins
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Different metals. Chemicals have different reactions on different metals. The acid that is used to "eat" around the date onbuffalo nickels, does not work the same way on other metal. Nor have I heard it work even on other nickels.
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cowboy444
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I just found this thread.
What chemical do you use to raise the dates on buffalo nickels? I have around 20 without visible dates.
Thanks for the help.
cowboy444
What chemical do you use to raise the dates on buffalo nickels? I have around 20 without visible dates.
Thanks for the help.
cowboy444
NIC-A-DATE DATE RESTORER
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Ferric-Chloride.
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Ferric-Chloride.
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ozzysdad
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Hey, I've asked myself the same question many time's, I think this is exactly what you might be looking for...... 
Arrowhead Forensic Products
http://www.crime-scene.com/ecpi/69XX.shtml
ozzysdad
Arrowhead Forensic Products
http://www.crime-scene.com/ecpi/69XX.shtml
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ozzysdad said:Hey, I've asked myself the same question many time's, I think this is exactly what you might be looking for......
Arrowhead Forensic Products
http://www.crime-scene.com/ecpi/69XX.shtml
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Thanks! Which one do you think would work best on silver?
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PrizmIV
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my secrete way is to get a q-tip dip it in pure alchool and rub very hard on the coin. takes all of the crap off of the coin and makes it very shiny. only one of my 15 buffalos was readable but after my treatment all but one was readable.
two words NITRIC ACID two more words DANGEROUS SCHIT !!!
wear rubber gloves, safety glasses, be careful and DONT use it indoors. its some really nasty liquid death, but it works great for restoring dates on silver coins.
dont ask me where to get it, i know someone who knows someone that knows someone that can get things
wear rubber gloves, safety glasses, be careful and DONT use it indoors. its some really nasty liquid death, but it works great for restoring dates on silver coins.
dont ask me where to get it, i know someone who knows someone that knows someone that can get things
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ozzysdad
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I have been trying several thing's as of late, I was able to use some of the swimming pool Chlorine test kit chemical's on a few no date buffalo nickel's and managed to get some minor results. I haven't tried it on silver yet. There is a product you can buy at some grocery store's for cleaning the lime and scale out of electric coffee maker's that will clean Clad and Nickel coin's like new without the scrubbing that will damage the coin, Just be sure to rinse it well with soap and water, Then follow that with a rinse of Isopropyl Alcohol or Acetone based nail polish remover. As for my thot's on silver, I wonder if you could place a magnet with a sheet of paper over it and place the coin on top of it, and lay another paper over the coin and sprinkle some iron powder or Filing's and see it the magnetic field passing thru the coin would give you an outline of the date and other feature's?
I do know that the coin's once struck will have a different density where the date, legend, and portrait are. That is how some law enforcement agencie's are able to find serial number's. I do recall seeing a forensic's show on the tube, that they used superglue and some type of acid to form a residue on a object to show what the eye and the microscope couldn't...... Alway's try the least harmful way to clean a coin and make sure you protect yourself from exposure to any type of chemical's.......Rule No.1 USE YOUR BRAIN.......... No.2.... If you don't understand something, Google it.......
I do know that the coin's once struck will have a different density where the date, legend, and portrait are. That is how some law enforcement agencie's are able to find serial number's. I do recall seeing a forensic's show on the tube, that they used superglue and some type of acid to form a residue on a object to show what the eye and the microscope couldn't...... Alway's try the least harmful way to clean a coin and make sure you protect yourself from exposure to any type of chemical's.......Rule No.1 USE YOUR BRAIN.......... No.2.... If you don't understand something, Google it.......
