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Thanks, pan4au, cabowabo, mcshilling, and Lionel90! Definitely a fun find! And pan4au, funny reference - by the way, they prefer Walking Liberty halves for dates.  *UPDATE* 7 more dates revealed today... nothing too special: 1914, 1916 (2), 1918, 1919 (2), 1920 CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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Progress.  |
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Progress indeed! Well, as per usual, the 3rd and 4th day of pickling provided all kinds of results... and two of them are better dates a 1915-D and a 1917-S! The rest of the coins revealed yesterday and today: 1915, 1916 (3), 1917 (3), 1917-D, 1918 (5), 1918-D, 1919 (2), 1920 (2), 1923, 1924, 1925 (2), 1925-S, 1926, 1926-D, 1927, 1928, 1934 (first post-1929 Buffalo found pickling)... Five coins are hole fillers in my CRH Buffalo album: 1915-D, 1917-D, 1925-S, 1926-D, and, believe it or not, 1928.  CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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03/19/2018 5:52 pm
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The rest of the coins revealed yesterday and today... Five coins are hole fillers in my CRH Buffalo album... Excellent!  |
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I have found six dateless buffalos in the last few boxes and all are now soaking in white vinegar.
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I have found six dateless buffalos in the last few boxes and all are now soaking in white vinegar. Good luck. |
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Would someone(s) mind opining on the virtues of pickling (white vinegar) versus acid raising. Does pickling damage the coin at all or should I say damage it less than acid raising?
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White vinegar is an acid, it does the same thing, so really no difference other than strength and the relative time required.
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Thanks for the reply jbuck.
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Herbaby, I use a 50/50 mixmof apple cider vinegar and hydrogen perioxide. When using this the WHOLE coin is affected. In a Nic-a-date3(sulfuric/nitric acid) it is applied ONLY to date. I think it just makes the coin quite ugly to be half-baked. The vinegar mix takes all the surface evenly, giving a noticeably altered coin but a little better to look at. I don't like nic-a date at all!
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Thanks for the reply jbuck. You are welcome. I agree with Crazy. The weaker solution takes more time, but it is time well spent. |
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*UPDATE*
As per usual, the rate of reveals slows with time... all but 38 of them are now revealed. The latest new ones are:
1916 (5), 1916-S, 1917 (3), 1917-S, 1919, 1921 (a hole filler!), 1924, and 1925.
Also of note, I neglected to mention that one of the coins has a good sized clip - a 1913 Type 1.
CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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Thank you for the update. That clip sounds interesting. |
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This time of year is always busy for me - fantasy baseball drafts and a couple of family birthdays, so am only now updating this... All but 10 coins have been revealed now... the date reveals for the past two weeks: 1913 T-1 (yes, I missed another one)... 1913 T-2 (3), 1914 (2), 1915 (2), 1916, 1917 (2), 1919 (7), 1920 (2), 1921, 1923, 1925 (3), 1926 (2), 1928. Also, of note... I am fairly certain my silver half find from yesterday came from the same hoard... http://goccf.com/t/22710&whichpage=1592#2684841 CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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04/05/2018 8:56 pm
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Very nice! |
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