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."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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