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 Posted 09/22/2008  8:30 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add coinmam to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Ihave a friend that dug 5 cents piece from 1856-1919 20 pieces 1864.He clean then how would that hurt the value.thank you
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 Posted 09/23/2008  12:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add zerozero to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Are you saying he dug the coins out of the dirt?

It's hard to say how bad they deteriorated and what effect the cleaning had.

Pictures would be very helpful.

Good luck to you and your friend.
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 Posted 09/23/2008  09:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gawd0wns to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The danger of cleaning coins, is that you will damamge them. You can ruin their value by scratching the surfaces, leaving fingerprints, or by using harmful chemicals which damage the surfaces. If they are covered in dirt, he could try rinsing the dirt off with distilled water. I would try not scrub the coin surface directly.

I don't understand what you are describing... Did your friend find one 5 cent piece from 1856-1919?, and twenty 5 cent pieces from 1864?

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If he dug a small cent from 1856 (Flying Eagle in front, ONE CENT on the reverse), then it will be worth a fortune.
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 Posted 09/23/2008  6:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coinmam to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
What I mean is he done metal detecting the 5 cents coins he dug up about50-60 coins and the 20 cents piece he dug about25 of them
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