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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks Spp I just might try it ..
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The best thing you can do with that coin, is stand it on edge, in a sunny windowsill, for 4 months. Then rotate the coin, and wait another 4 months. It will have a soft grey tone, and while still look like a processed coin, it will regain some of the eye appeal.
Seems like a whole lot of effort for a coin that had a heap of "eye appeal" to begin with, before "restoration/cleaning  |
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well if you call heavy oxidation eye appeal...This coin was not toned trout it was encrusted ....
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Canada
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I didn't find this Vicky to have any eye appeal at all before the work was done. I guess its just a matter of beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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well if you call heavy oxidation eye appeal...This coin was not toned trout it was encrusted ....
I have Canberra Australian florin (My absolute favorite coin type) that is all crusty and nasty ( It went through a house fire on ash Wednesday)If I cleaned it it would destroy that part of Australian history the coin was associated with and to me that would be an absolute shame. I have over 60 examples of this particular coin and every one is different in some way or another and unique. When I was a kid I used to clean/polish coins just for fun (I'm pretty sure we all did at that stage) But as I evolved into a collector I have grown to abhor any sort of coin cleaning. The Quest for higher graded coins IS destroying a large amount of our numismatic heritage by cleaning and altering coins in one way or another. Sure your coin wasn't pretty but if you took the time and effort to research as to why it had the "Crusty's" you may have found out some reason why this particular coin ended up this way and unearthed a bit of Canadian History through the coin. However it IS your coin and YOU chose to do this, each to Their own. I have enjoyed this discussion and the varying views put forward. Just goes to show we are a diverse bunch of buggers  Edited by trout1105
11/28/2012 06:34 am
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Valued Member
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Im new here and just this thread alone has been both fun and a learning experience. It's nice to see so much passion on both sides of this topic.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 Coins original surface appears to have once been involved in a fire. Personally I would have left it the way it was originally found. There are some coins that seem to speak to you just by the toning/heavy oxidation they have. Keep in mind this piece is 115+ years old and has many stories to tell, cleaning it eradicates a certain beauty that only time can give a silver coin! Glenn  |
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trout even as a 12 year old when I started to collect with my dad, I was told never to clean a coin. As I aged I stuck to this and other than tot water bath to remove dirt I never cleaned a coin ,,As for history it would be impossible to find out how it happened.But from experience I would say this coin was either recovered from underwater or was dug up due to the amount of crusty it had...
AZ if you think this thread is fun stick around :) we are a bunch of guys & gals who just love a good chat....
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I'm in the "would have left it as it was" camp.
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well Glenn it was no fire thats for sure..I lost coins to a fire before and they looked nothing like this....It was straight up nasty and the previous owner attempted to scratch it all off..Thats why in the original pics you see missing areas.. The rev,, was just ugly.......NOW had the rev looked like the Obv...I most likely would have left it alone.......Oh well we all do things that not everyone agrees with thats life...... But to me she is much better off now ...
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I think you did pretty good with that coin, considering it was a melt bucket coin to begin with, you had nothing to lose. I have seen a lot worse, in ICCS flips...
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
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Thannks R...I will take that as a compliment..and yes it was a bucket coin before and I just could not let it happen.....And the time spent doing it was worth the outcome...
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Who bought it,since you've posted it here?
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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11/28/2012 8:42 pm
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no one bought it ..I pulled it off as I posted earlier.. I might sell it if I get a half decent offer .....But more than likely will use it as an obv for my type set book....
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