Gold coin conservation

[Guest]

I hear people talk about getting coins conserved but I can’t find any information online that discuss or show what’s involved in the process. I would love to learn more about this topic if anyone has and videos they would like to share them it would be very much appreciated. Thanks

Edited September 21, 2022 by Apmex100

[BullionBuyerUK]

@GoldDiggerDave

[James32]

13 minutes ago, Apmex100 said:

I hear people talk about getting coins conserved but I can’t find any information online that discuss or show what’s involved in the process. I would love to learn more about this topic if anyone has and videos they would like to share them it would be very much appreciated. Thanks

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[James32]

https://www.thesilverforum.com/forum/148-golddiggerdave-uk/

[GoldDiggerDave]

Just conserved a milky maple tonight, 

just a quick example can make these look a lot better with a little more time. 

 

 

[Petra]

Please don’t take this the wrong way, but…! If you remove any milking from a coin, how long would it be before it comes back. I assume it’s a chemical reaction? So what is stopping it coming back? 🤔🤡

[LawrenceChard]

3 hours ago, Apmex100 said:

Gold coin conservation

I hear people talk about getting coins conserved but I can’t find any information online that discuss or show what’s involved in the process. I would love to learn more about this topic if anyone has and videos they would like to share them it would be very much appreciated. Thanks

Most gold coins don't need conservation. In fact, I don't think I ever heard it mentioned until the last few years.

If you avoid doing anything stupid with them, they will come to no harm.

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[Simmoleon]

I’ve had a few gold coins conserved but as mentioned by Lawrence above, the majority have been because previous owners have mishandled them and touched the proof fields etc. I bought a whole lot of mishandled moderns proofs and the collector in me made me get them all conserved because it was annoying to see them marked up but it definitely cost me money rather than offered any further premium. The vast majority of historic gold even the graders are unlikely to conserve as there is little point, the one memorable conservation was on a young head which had a tiny orange spot on the hair of Victoria which conservation did remove. From what I’ve seen, graders do share the odd video showing conservation and the results of it but I don’t remember seeing anything outlining their actual techniques or chemicals - my guess is most of its chemical based. 

[Guest]

Thanks everyone but I’m looking for information on what’s involved and how it’s done rather than a before and after. 

[Simmoleon]

As far as I know, no conservation service shares their techniques but in their own videos they show it’s a mix of chemicals (in the background)

[Petra]

5 minutes ago, Simmoleon said:

As far as I know, no conservation service shares their techniques but in their own videos they show it’s a mix of chemicals (in the background)

Laws of physics, with what they are doing, then there has to be chemicals involved to get a result. Don’t think you will see the scotch brite out on the bench🤔