Rubbing mercury on coins was still a fairly regular pastime in the early
60s. too.. lots of kids/teens would do this, as small quantities of mercury
were quite prevelent in many home workshops then.

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Cheers,
WB
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"jeff_wisnia" wrote in message
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Ditto here, back in the lat 1940s or so it was quite common for kids to
rub mercury on silver coins to give them a marvelous sheen which only
lasted a few hours before darkening through whatever chemical reaction
took place.

Jeff (Who spells his first name with one less "e" than Mr. Angus.)

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