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Yea, we'll see what we get. They are on there way to me!
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Here's a pretty decent looking 1921-S I brought back to life....   |
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Woo-hoo! This one's even better. From no date to key date. Better living through chemicals!   Edited by weerdsteev
12/19/2008 10:45 pm
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Very nice find!
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VERY nice find weerdsteev!
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Thanks. I had a little pile of no date MMd nickels I was working on this week and this was the LAST one in the pile. Very pleasant surprise and worth the wait!
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Woo-hoo! This one's even better. From no date to key date. Better living through chemicals! That is awesome! And a good job on the restore as well!  |
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Weerdsteev, are you using Nic-a-date? I tried a trial run by dipping the whole coin (common!) in the Nic-a-date. It turned dark and purplish looking. How are you getting those "silver" looking results. Man, I have not figured the "whole" coin thing out yet. I use plastic tweezers and a 35mm plastic film canister.
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Will vinegar get rid of the nic-a-date tell tale dark spot?
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Jbuck - Thanks! Vermontensium - I am not using Nic-a-date, however, what I am using is pretty comparable, just a lot more potent. You probably need a larger volume of Nic-a-date than you currently have. There's a lot of metallurgical things going on when you dip the whole coin - I can't speak from the position of absolute, knowlegable certainty about ions being cast off and electrolysis and half a dozen other things that may or may not actually happen when you dip the nickel, but I can tell you I get better results when I place it into a larger volume as opposed to a lesser volume. If you don't have a large volume available, I suggest you "paint" it onto one side, let it work, rinse, and then do the same on the other side. I used to do it that way with GREAT results, but it became tedious. Even with the large volumes I use, I still get SOME that come out looking like trainwrecks. A lot depends on the coin. Poorly prepared planchets can result in poor restorations - 90 years later! (It will also help if you clean the coin prior to it's "bath"!) Finally, I restore the date first. If the date doesn't come back strong, the rest of the coin will probably be just as weak. If it's weak or weird in any way, pitch it and try another. (It will NOT hurt to fully restore a nickel that has had it's date revealed FIRST!)
Oh...and MRH757, the answer is "maybe". It certainly won't hurt it's appearance, although it's unlikely to totally correct it.
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12/22/2008 4:58 pm
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Thanks weerdsteev. I'll give it a try.
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Are the redated Buffalo nickels worth anything more than fillers. I've seen lots of them on ebay for a wide range of prices, even for rare dates. Also, the quality of the restored date ranges from pretty good to downright, brown ring ugly. |
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Numismo - It depends on whom you talk to. Some folks are just so prejudiced against restored (redated) Buffalo nickels that they would probably tell you that even a good-looking restored 1913-S T2 is worthless. I guess I'm prejudiced the other way. I restore LOTS of Buffalo nickels and I sell them on ebay. I would never try to tell you that a restored 1921-S that has VF details is better or is worth more or is more appealing than a an original date 1921-S in VF, but it certainly has value and is probably a better choice for your set than a 1921-S that is in AG or G4 or one that has some sort of damage. I'm usually able to sell a restored nickel (the WHOLE coin is restored, not just the date) for roughly 15-25% of the value of an original condition equivalent. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You either like them or you don't and, as you pointed out, some restorations look good, others don't. |
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Thanks for the info. Have you restored dateless silver coins ? Is there any commercial product like Nic-A-Date for silver ?
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