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Valued Member
United States
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how would I go about cleaning it up a little   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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New Member
Canada
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Don't clean it, it will lose it's value.
AWESOME FIND THOUGH!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
666 Posts |
 to the forum Mattchew79!I have learned a lot about how to gently remove surface debris from coins in the Main Coin subforum here on CCF. I suggest reading through the many very helpful posts there about 'cleaning', conserving, etc. In general, the advice to not clean coins is well-founded as almost all cleaning methods end up hurting the coin, in both the physical/chemical sense, and with regard to its monetary value. Fortunately, experts who understand how various chemicals interact with--and affect--different metals frequently share their wisdom here on CCF. :O) Edited by dd27
09/03/2016 11:43 pm
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 United States
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Nice find. It would be a $15-19 coin if not for that gouge on the obverse. Read up on cleaning. Start with distilled water and work your way up the cleaning scale. IMHO it is worth silver value only so if you mess it up trying to clean it don't loose any sleep over it. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Fun find! Use the scale as suggested. And keep it as a pocket piece if you want. Carrying it will remove the loose debris and age more naturally.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Yes I agree , it would be a great pocket piece . Nice find .  |
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United States
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Sweet! I wouldn't mind finding a few of those in my change!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes, leave it be - a great reminder of the day you found it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My aunt found a 1908 O Barber quarter in a coinstar reject. I still haven't managed to pull a barber from circulation (quarter wise). I pulled a 1900 Barber dime in FR2 in my aunt's change bowl years back. It's so weird to think it's been 4 years that she's been gone. She had a long life, however, passed away a few weeks after her 90th birthday. She didn't know she had it in her bowl either - but why would she have? Regardless, pulled a 1916 Barber dime w/ G details late last year in a coinstar as well. Those are the only barbers I've found in circulation. Needless to say, great find! |
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Pillar of the Community
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Awesome coin! DO NOT CLEAN COINS!! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice! You don't see coins like this in the wild very often!!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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"Don't clean it or it will lose it's value". Come on folks... Like this coin isn't already suffering from pretty severe environmental damage. It isn't a very valuable coin to begin with.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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"Don't clean it or it will lose it's value". Come on folks... Like this coin isn't already suffering from pretty severe environmental damage. It isn't a very valuable coin to begin with.  It is junk silver, so your not going to hurt the scrap value of it Edited by Bryan78
09/06/2016 09:04 am
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Valued Member
United States
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Wow ...a batber in the wild. Lucky day!
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Valued Member
Canada
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What do you drive? A Model T? |
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Probably every coin from 1922 on has been cleaned in one way or another. The difference is. If you do it (properly) the grading service calls it cleaned if they find out. If THEY do it (using the same solution you do) it is called "restoring" for them. But like it was already stated by others, This coin is nice for one reason, it was free and its free silver!
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Posted 09/03/2016 11:37 pm
