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Valued Member
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I will not use any abrasives on my coins. All it would take is one little grain something harder than copper to be in the paste you mixed up to ruin the coin. Could be in the baking soda, on the brush, in the container...
All it would take is one.
The good thing is I have all the other cents that were in the same Whitman folder, with the same tape on them. most likely from the same roll. So I have practice material. they are all G-8 to F-12
so they are good experimental targets.
I'll post pictures of the coins, before and after they enter the swimming pool.
Edited by 7070
11/18/2007 5:12 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow, great find! A lot of people dream about finding something like this...congrads!
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Pillar of the Community
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
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7070, I can only dream. congratulations on probably your best circulated find of a lifetime.
Jim
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United States
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What happened to the "L" in "Liberty?" It was in the earlier pictures, but is now missing.
Did the Acetone eat it away?
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Valued Member
United States
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The L has always been missing. look at the last 4 photos. Hey, Its a mint error, is it worth more?  Edited by 7070
11/21/2007 9:54 pm
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There's two coins he's showing CommandD, that's why you been seeing the 'L' on some of his pictures.
I'm sure someone will say 'struck thru grease'. I'd assume it's worth more.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The L has always been missing. look at the last 4 photos.
Hey, Its a mint error, is it worth more?
I saw this in the grading forum. The missing L is way, way cool in my books. It's like it was never there, not a trace from the pics. How about a close up pic of the L area 7070? I'm just wondering if there's any old physical damage there or if it's clean....it looks clean to me. To some it will detract from the value IMO, for others it adds value if it's a genuine filled die or whatever. I like that coin! |
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Great You lucky dog you  I agree with No abrasives. I think the way to restore copper is the olive, mineral, linseed oil method. Might get some of the color back. Tony |
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Hi, The first 4 pics of your 1909 S VDB seems suspect of being an altered coin. Need a close up picture of the VDB. Besides the mint mark S is not in the right position.
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11/25/2007 10:27 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Homer, the mint marks were all hand struck. There can be a lot of variance on the position of the mark.
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Hi, I don't believe that to be true. However, if it was hand struck it's not real, it's altered. Mona lisa's bow tie was hand struck do you believe that! Ha Ha Ha?
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There were 4 obverse dies used to strike 09-S VDB cents.
The mintmark was hand punched into each of those 4 dies, so there are 4 possible mintmark positions for 09-S VDB cents.
The mintmark on this coin appears consistent with one of the 4 dies.
The appearance of the VDB and its position also appears consistent.
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Badthad, here is a close up of Liberty for your perusal. it looks clean Image Insert: |
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