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Some of the better "restorers" on ebay regularly get $20.00 to $30.00 for 14-D's. The guy who goes by the name BuffaloReincarnations got $38.80 for one this weekend and it wasn't even one of his better efforts. (Gave the entire proceeds to charity though, so good for him!) |
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I understand 10%-30% of G4 "no problem" value. I have one of my 14-D for sale here on the CCF at auction. I started at $10 which I thought was VERY reasonable given this is a $78 coin in G4.
That seems fair to me as well. I figure if you've done the "work" and the buyer is told exactly what you did it should not be a problem. The batch I sold for $6 was at about 15% of Greysheet bid. The 15-S was a bit high at 37.5% of bid but that was my bosses price - not mine. I figure I'll have plenty of duplicats for the more common teens. Probably sell those in lots at about 15% of bid. I also have a deal with the boss on any real key coins. We'll send them to ANACS and sell them that way. 50/50 split. Looking for the 16/16 and 18/17D.  |
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Can I use vinegar with cooper coins? and what type of vinegar is advisable, wine, apple, coconut.etc. I would not suggest it. All it will do is make the coin look worse most likely. Acid dating only works on nickels to my knowledge. |
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you are right clembo, I tried it in cooper the coin got worse but date came out. Maybe I did it too much hours.
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United States
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Nice find, I myself found a 1914-d and a 1913-d type 1
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 Got bored last night so Nic-a-dated some Phillies. Not done yet, will share finds. swcoin.ecrater.com
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My experimental sample turned out to be a nice 1918D. So now I have rounded up 100 more dateless with mintmarks and I'm going to really have some fun. Wish me luck! I'll post a record of what I end up with. I'm off to Costco for a gallon of white vinegar. Vermontensium, you may have created a monster...and I thank you!
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 . 1918-D! Awesome. I have just started to put them in my Dansco push album. Looking good. Good luck! swcoin.ecrater.com
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United States
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Vermont - I am glad to see that you are working with Nic-a-date on your pile of Phillies. I have been following this thread and others related to restoring dates on Buffalo nickels, occasionally throwing in my Two Cents, and I have to say that while it it very cool that common old off-the-shelf white vinegar can be used to restore the dates, it just takes too darn long. The only advantages to the vinegar that I can see are that, because it's cheap and plentiful, it allows you to immerse the whole coin and it leaves a slightly less grainy surface texture than the Nic-a-date. Nic-a-date, on the other hand, gives you instant gratification and stronger results in terms of the detail that you can expect to restore on the nickel. I think that the answer to achieving the best overall results lies with surface preparation (think cleaning) of the coin both before and after the chemical process, be it vinegar, Nic-a-date or whatever the bulk chemical is that my ebay friend buffaloreincarnations sent me. I know "cleaning" is a bad word, but you're about to throw the coin into, or apply a chemical that erodes the surface, so we shouldn't be too squeamish about something that might aid that process. I am convinced that getting the coin's surface completely free of 80 years worth of dirt and grime and oils is key to doing a nice restoration. |
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zoombuff, in my humble opinion you are missing one important point....it is the anticipation that makes this so much fun. Watching the slow transformation into a dated coin is the best part.
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Actually, I thought the point was to produce the best possible looking nickel, especially if, like Vermontensium, you intend to build a low cost set from them. The name of this whole topic is "Another Nic-a-date find", and I'm just expressing the opinion that it (Nic-a-date) is the better option.
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11/22/2008 7:14 pm
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Someone talked about jewelry cleaner in this thread. The coin looked pretty good. I don't consider this cleaning. I consider it "restoring" or "bringing out the date".
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zoombuff, forgive me, no offense was meant, I was just pointing out that some of us might enjoy the "slowness" as part of the process. It's like having christmas gifts that take 3-4 weeks to open. I am in full agreement that the long term goal for all of us is to produce the best looking restored nickels we can.
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United States
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jfransch - no offense taken, and please forgive me if it seemed like I "jumped" on you for your comment. I totally understand your Christmas present analogy.
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United States
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Had a good find tonight folks. My FIRST 14-D!
Not pretty, took me two Nic-A-Date treatments to confirm but the date is looking good. Mintmark was already strong.
Soaking in vinegar right now to "finish it off".
I'll post pics if I can get them.
clembo
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