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Pillar of the Community
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"Details" due to the environmental damage. The rim dings don't help either.
If you try to remove the dark stuff you'll end up with a coin that has pitted areas where the dark stuff originally resided.
Enjoy it as is. Nice bullion value pick up.
Edited by westernsky
01/07/2019 12:12 pm
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 with the assessments above. Nice pickup for bullion value ... and that is all it is worth. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Rest in Peace
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Have to agree with F-12 Details , at least it fills a hole .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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f-12 details sounds reasonable. it is certainly worth more than melt. congrats!
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Pillar of the Community
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F-12 details. Yes the rim damage is there forever but with a nice acetone bath some or most of the gunk may or may not come off. Enjoy it!
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Valued Member
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Edited by Pauldog
01/07/2019 1:41 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I'll try acetone on some other, smaller coins in worse shape first and see what happens. There are collectors who who will pay more than bullion value for a Barber coin with nice, honest surfaces that do not show the signs of cleaning (at least not in the last 75 years or so). Use acetone to remove the gunk, but don't rub or scrape in any way. It's a nice looking half to find in a junk bin. |
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I didn't choose what junk coins I got; I just was given a bunch of bars, private mint discs, and coins. I didn't expect to get so many 19th century ones and Mercury dimes. I was expecting very worn coins from more recent times. I did get more recent coins, too, and they were mostly in pretty good shape, except for the ugly cleaned/polished ones. Edited by Pauldog
01/07/2019 2:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I didn't choose what junk coins I got; If you can find yourself an LCS (local coin shop) that lets you cherry-pick out of their junk bins, that is when you can try to find the good stuff to keep or flip,etc. |
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I got so many Barber coins by chance the last time I bought silver, that I'm inclined to pick that if I find a coin shop that lets me dig through the junk bin. That would bring me closer to a complete set. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Digging through junk bins trying to find dates is fun for me too. Good luck!
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I thought the brown stuff on the obverse was something organic and easy to remove, but after using some acetone, what's left of it looks like rust, and won't come off.
If it was really rust rubbed off from something ferrous, it would be easy to remove, so it's a mystery to this neophyte what it really is.
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Rest in Peace
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If the acetone makes it worse than not much can be done to it . Maybe try a long soak in distilled water .  |
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Valued Member
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This is what the worst of the brown stuff looks like up close. Is it rust?  |
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