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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Coin #2 has more wear than coin #1, but coin #1 has verdigris and coin #2 does not. However, verdigris can be removed with a careful acetone bath, as mentioned earlier. So I recommend trying to get rid of the verdigris with acetone and then making your decision.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Depends on how much and what you can afford. If not expensive and/or you can afford them both, keep them both. Both are rather nice looking. If not to expensive, just keep them.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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if you treat #1 with verdi-care you might end up with bright patches (similar to #2) where the verdigris was.
keep #2 without a doubt, simply for eye appeal alone.
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Moderator
 United States
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verdigris can be removed with a careful acetone bath Acetone has little effect on verdigris. That's why BadThad had to formulate Verdicare. |
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United States
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I like coin #2 better. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
604 Posts |
I vote for coin #1 because I don't like the lighter spots on coin #2 but the choice is up to you.
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Valued Member
United States
306 Posts |
Agree with SsuperDdave I like #1 better..a little acetone and a soak in verdicare. Nice tokens!
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Pillar of the Community
2087 Posts |
The Milner & Thompson Penny Tokens are reasonably common. Current NZ Catalog value is about NZ$25.00 (US$18.00 roughly) I would avoid any examples with Verdigris so my Vote would go with number 2. But there is a third option: Hunt out a better example and sell both!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Im with AKiwi look for a better one. If forced to keep one #2 better eye appeal and no need to play acetone games with it.
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Valued Member
United States
272 Posts |
#1 all the way it has considerably less wear and looks a little more appealing
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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New Member
 New Zealand
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austrokiwi: Yes, that certainly is an option - especially without a conclusive agreement on here! Seems like a tough decision. Yes, not a large amount of money involved with this one, I'm still a beginner collector, but I do like the design of the tokens and it's nice to choose the right one. Also, these kind of coin discrimination skills are good to develop in case I ever should acquire any coin substantially more rare or expensive!
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Valued Member
United States
272 Posts |
If you want to start collecting tokens I would look at the cuban or jamacian tokens. They are fairly inexpensive and some of them have really good details
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Pillar of the Community
United States
9796 Posts |
Looks like the CCF crowd is split on these two examples.
I like the #2 coin even though it has more wear, that verdigris could continue over time to grow and discolor more of the surface IMO. If Verdicare works then I might be swayed to pick #1, however if you are in a return window, I doubt you could return a coin that you conserved, as it then becomes different than when sold.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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