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Valued Member
United States
371 Posts |
This coin has environmental damage where it is most important. I like the pointed bust but L or no L?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1227 Posts |
My advice: Verdicare. And maybe we can get BadThad in here for an opinion?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2373 Posts |
The pointed bust gives it away. There should be an "L" under the verdigris. nlp
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
 pointed bust, so an "L" too!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
I agree with others .. IMO .. it is a "L" ..
I think the verdigris has gone into the surface of the coin.
But it would not hurt to try Verdi-care on it.
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Pillar of the Community
861 Posts |
Only sure way I know of to remove active green corrosion, like on your coin, is to burn it off. ie bunson burner, gas stove, oven. It doesn't look like the corrosion has eaten into the coin, so, the corrosion should burn off quickly. With your coin, I would use the oven at ~400F for about 5 minutes. Remember, this corrision is CuO, which is green. When you burn CuO, it turns black and will crust off leaving the surfaces beneath exposed. As long as the surfaces below the corrosion are somewhat smooth, than it's removal will be beneficial.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4897 Posts |
Um...yeah I would not do any of that^. Verdicare will inhibit the further deterioration of this one but the verdigris is most likely into the surface of that one. imo
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3229 Posts |
I have successfully removed vergis from large cents with verdicare. I would soak it in verdicare overnight. Also might give it an acetone dip; acetone may help and won't hurt. IMHO
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Valued Member
 United States
371 Posts |
Thanks everyone. I am going to give it a soak in verdicare.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8904 Posts |
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Rest in Peace
United States
3039 Posts |
I think the pointed bust is conclusive for the L variety.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8516 Posts |
I'm of the opinion that if you can't see the L then what's the point ? I've never heard of burning off verdigris but I might have to experiment now.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2602 Posts |
The point is that the pointed bust is a diagnostic marker for this coin being the L variety. Just like raised mound is diagnostic for a 1913 Buffalo nickel, even if the coin is dateless. There are enough knowledgeable collectors that would buy a coin like this 1864 even with the L not showing, because it has other diagnostics of the 1864-L. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I know the markers but guess I'm just different. Too many visible L's out there.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The coin has value, I'm not sure burning of the verdigris is a good idea.
Actually I am sure it's a bad idea.
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