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Pillar of the Community
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Rest in Peace
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Yes ,nice woody .  |
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Nice find and great photo!
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Pillar of the Community
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great find  , what's up with the MM |
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Pillar of the Community
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Congrats Mont, that is a nice Woody! I really like them.
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Pillar of the Community
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Goody Woody! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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what's up with the MM When first looking at the pic, the MM was very prominent looking to me also. |
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Thanks guys. I was excited to see this one. I have wanted one of these for a while. Love the way they look. Quote:
what's up with the MM Not sure what you mean. Whole coin looks kinda like it was struck though grease. Devices fading all over it. Besides some verdigris I don't see anything on the MM, but hey I have been known to be wrong on such things. Here is a close up.  See anything interesting? |
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Maybe it just took a small hit. The middle section of the spine of the S appears very wide. I looked here: http://varietyvista.com/02a%20LC%20...%201946S.htmAnd have to wonder if it could be an RPM-034 or RPM-035 just because they have a wider midsection also. I know its not a common thing to have lying around, but I use the point of a porcupine quill to "dig" out the dirt in MM loops to let me see if there is an RPM. I have found a couple hidden RPMs this way, The quills are so soft they do not scratch the coin, but rigid enough to last for quite awhile on many coins. |
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I know its not a common thing to have lying around, but I use the point of a porcupine quill to "dig" out the dirt in MM loops to let me see if there is an RPM I don't have any porcupine quills, but I do have wooden toothpicks. Will these work? I currently have this coin sitting in acetone to try to loosen the dirt up some. |
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Nice find,good looking Woody!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Really? How unusual!  Yes, I am blessed to be in an area that road kills show up every so often and I put on a pair of leather gloves and stock up. Its been awhile. A toothpick, I have heard, works. Be careful and test it on another old copper penny you do not mind messing up. I think I have heard of others using the thorn off of a rose. Rarely I have found my quill point making a scratch. But careful examination showed its not the quill. What happens in this case is a tiny speck of dirt that was already on the coin, unfortunately, was exactly where the point hit the coin and ends up being pushed on the surface to leave a scratch. I don;t know if maybe a toothbrush bristle might work also? Again, just try it first on a cent that you don't mind scratching to see if its safe first. This is a 1950 D/D that had the center of the MM totally filled, hiding the one underneath until I got the dirt out. I thought it was a D/S - hence the wrong label. WHen I posted before to CCF, I learned its a D/D.  How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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So after soaking coin for 24 hours in acetone, the MM still doesn't want to clear up enough to see if it an RPM or not. Guess I will have to break down and get some Verdi-Care. It did bring out the "woody" affect better on the obverse however...Take a look. After acetone...the scratch on obverse is more noticeable as well unfortunately.  |
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Although I would definitely would advise in getting some verdi-care, I can tell you from experience it will not necessarily clean out the tiny areas like inside the loops of your S MM.
In fact the 50 D/D I posted a pic of was treated with Verdi-care. The gunk remained in the middle of the D (and the other places it can be seen on the coin in the pic), and I had to use the quill to get the gunk out.
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