1914-S Lincoln Wheat Cent (Almost Had A Heart Attack!) - Page 2

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BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19975 Posts	Posted 11/09/2021 7:52 pm Nice find! Looks to be F-12/15. VC will be back SOON (just a couple more weeks, we are REALLY close), it is an excellent candidate. For now a soak in distilled water for 24 hours is in order. DO NOT SCRUB OR RUB, just soak, rinse with fresh distilled water and then air dry for a few days. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
Sarge50 Pillar of the Community United States 768 Posts	Posted 11/12/2021 12:36 pm Was gonna send in to PCGS and get them to restore it! I know it might not even get close to the cost in value but it's one of my better finds for this years and mint mark and will add this to my "pass down to Grandkids" box!! Soaking 6 other 1914's in acetone that I'm praying a "D-Mint Mark" pops up on one of them, lol? Thanks for all the advise fellas! Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19975 Posts	Posted 11/12/2021 2:05 pm NEVER start a conservation with acetone! The first thing to ALWAYS try is distilled water. For copper, I recommend xylene after that. Acetone is not very effective on copper. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Edited by BadThad 11/12/2021 2:06 pm Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18720 Posts	Posted 11/13/2021 09:21 am personally I would get my hand on some VC and do it myself and put in a nice airtight holder. Report this Post to the Staff
radars_teddy Valued Member 149 Posts	Posted 11/13/2021 11:02 am Quote: NEVER start a conservation with acetone! The first thing to ALWAYS try is distilled water. Where did that rule come from? Acetone is an organic solvvent add won't harm the copper at all, ever. You can leave it in acetone for 3 months and nothing will happen to the copper. As for distilled water? For what purpose? Is it encrusted with salt? Report this Post to the Staff
KYCopperCoins Pillar of the Community United States 1361 Posts	Posted 11/13/2021 5:42 pm Acetone will absolutely discolor copper...from experience...not always, but it happens Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19975 Posts	Posted 11/13/2021 6:45 pm Quote: Where did that rule come from? Acetone is an organic solvvent add won't harm the copper at all, ever. You can leave it in acetone for 3 months and nothing will happen to the copper. As for distilled water? For what purpose? Is it encrusted with salt? Hello Teddy and welcome to CC! This is my solvent polarity method of conservation. I call it the polarity ladder. The first rung of the ladder should always be distilled or deionized (my preference) water. This will solvate most salts and some polar organic matter. It's cheap and effective for copper. You can read more on LCR: http://www.lincolncentforum.com/for...Conservation Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
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