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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks like my grandfather at his funeral.
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Valued Member
United States
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It's worth at least ten cents. You could probably sell it for more.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Vinegar might help the look Actually you can use a little vinegar & oil; If it doesn't work - you can use it for your salad.  Edited by T-BOP
02/09/2016 7:37 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
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So... I decided to finally try to restore this.... I think it looks a million times better! What do you think?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks better. What did you use?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10044 Posts |
Looks a lot better!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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WOW! Now worth at least 0.15 cents.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Certainly looks better than it did.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I buy 1915-d buff's, as long as the date can be made-out, on ebay for $5. An acid dated 1915-d is worth about 20 cents. You should never use acid unless the date can not be identified. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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May have suffered from ground burial for some time (years).
Despite being being cleaned,
now worth more than before, due to better eye appeal.
Some you win, some you loose. Sometimes worth taking the risk.
That is why almost all ancient coins recovered from ground burial are cleaned.
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Valued Member
United States
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I actually forgot about this coin for several years. I ised a vinegar solution and soap and water. Same thing that I have been using to help restore some metal detecting finds. I actually forgot about this coin until recently. I think there is a fine line between "cleaning" and restoring. Who knows. May have been able to save more details if I had done it years ago but back then I didn't know as much as I do now. Personally I think it looks a lot better and am glad the coin can't be destroyed any longer. I don't sell my stuff anyways. If someone makes money off it one day, it wont be me! For me it just means more to me that I was able to safely restore it with a simple vinegar bath and soap and water.
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Valued Member
United States
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Oh and it just came right off. No scraping or brushing. :) I hate seeing coins all scratched up from someone taking a toothbrush or wire brush to it
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