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Valued Member
Canada
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just as an example, without considering the date. would it be worth soaking something like this in water/acetone etc along with minor scraping (toothpick/ fingernail)to see if there could be a p no mag, or w etc? would the coin be worth ANYTHING if further cleaned up or is the damage done and it is too far gone to ever be worth anything no matter the error or variety?   |
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Pillar of the Community
New Zealand
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Yep copper value thats all
Cheers Don
Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut.
"Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more
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Forum Kid
Canada
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not copper... steel if magnetic, and non mag if zinc.
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Pillar of the Community
New Zealand
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 true I am thinking large cents Cheers Don
Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut.
"Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Put it out of its misery, dump it , to much damage.
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Valued Member
 Canada
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thank you. the question was more because I come across quite a few and was wondering if it was worth it to baby each one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes, it is worth one cent Canadian.
It cannot be recovered from that damage already done.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1018 Posts |
If I had 100 such damaged , corroded, stained pennies I would dump them in a coin counter and take the dollar and get 100 other pennies worth collecting.
Edited by denny7000
02/11/2015 09:58 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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OK, hold a minute, the OP did say forget what date the coin pictured is. He is saying for example, if you had a 1985, and suspected it of being a pointed 5, would it be worth it? Or say if this was a 2000 and you saw a raised p shaped thing under the neck would you try and salvage it.
My 2 cents is YES, I look at every 1985 cent I find, bent scratched dinged etc, I want to know if its a pointed 5 or not, if you are looking at a coin date with a known variety I would suggest you do your due diligence and see if it is or not.
on a similar note, would you keep this coin in this shape if it was a 1924?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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[b]ACE [b] excellent points. YOU read the OP's post, thought about it and tried to understand what he actually meant.  if the OP had posted a 1948 dollar corroded, I bet, because it is a 48, nobody would have said.. it is just worth silver. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The OP also said he is coming across quite a few of these and wanted to know if was worth it to baby each one. If I found a 1985 pointed 5 corroded as the one above pictured, I might try to clean it up but its value has taken a huge hit. I doubt if the OP is coming across a bunch of 1985 p5 or 1924 in any condition. If someone does come across a coin in this condition then it is up to the person with the coin in hand I guess. It also matters how many pennies you have and can get.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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If it's a plated one I don't usually bother cleaning it up. I just try to look for Ps or Ws the best that I can behind the damage.
If I found a George V in that condition, I'll try do do something about it if I know whatever is on it can be removed. If not, I leave it. No point if you know it's not going to help.
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Valued Member
Canada
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ok so I guess the real question was, is it worth it to clean up to the point I can try to discover p (or not)or w etc? and then could it be cleaned up to be worth anything? some of this stuff on the coins is so hard its like trying to excavate a fossil.
or is it too far gone to be worth anything even if it were for example a no mag p? ie:should I bother or is it a waste of time?
ace kind of answered my question, but so did denny saying the value has taken a huge hit.
the coins in question at the moment are all post 1996 as I will check the copper later.
Edited by wazzappenning
02/12/2015 11:28 pm
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Canada
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I do and have tried to determine whether a heavily damaged coin is a variety to keep and you are right sometimes when a mint mark is destroyed its impossible to tell. I guess if you have the time and want to play around cleaning a coin then have at it. I have a lot of pennies and over the last few months I have become really picky about what I keep and what I chuck but that is just the situation I'm in. At the cost of a cent there is really no harm hanging onto it if you want.
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