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Bedrock of the Community
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GREAT find! Something like this is amazing.
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How many of these were made?
Probably the best way to preserve an iron coin would be to spray it with acrylic laquer, then seal it in a screw capsule.
The coin would have to be kept in a jar with silica gel for a few weeks first, before attempting this procedure.
I think any attempt to passivate the rust would only upset the patina, perhaps turn the whole coin black.
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I recommend sticking with NGC rather than trying to mitigate oneself.
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Its going out to NCS later this week, and then to NGC once it gets back.
But does anyone have a copy of the Schenkman book that this is listed in?
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Since living in Virginia and meeting many civil war buffs one of the things I learned that they didn't teach me in school was: The USS Monitor and the USS Merrimack never did battle against each other. The CSS Virginia was the ship that fought the Monitor. The only thing the Merrimack and the Virginia shared was the ships hull. I never knew this until after I moved to Virginia and I was in my late 20's. I've told other people this fact and they tell me I'm making it up. There is a crossing here called the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel. The pure historians were very upset with this name. I guess when the victors write the history books, they can change the facts to suit their needs. They also misspelled the Merrimack without the 'K.' Interesting link: http://cssvirginia.org/vacsn/base/name.htm |
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XavierOfGreen wrote: Its going out to NCS later this week, and then to NGC once it gets back.
But does anyone have a copy of the Schenkman book that this is listed in? Glad to hear you're going with the NCS conservation. I should be able to give you its catalogue number later in the coming week if no one else advises in the meantime. Edited by CheetahCats
04/06/2013 3:53 pm
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This token is cataloged by Schenkman as ME-1. He lists a total of 9 MErrimac items, most of which were made by the Old Dominion Iron & Nail Works of Richmond, Va. This company apparently acquired the metal for their products from a salvage company. Some of the products, and possibly the ME-1's, were sold at the Jamestown (Va.) Exposition in 1907. There were also wooden Merrimac souvenirs that were sold, too, but Schenckman addressed only the metal souvenirs in his catalog.
Schenkman wrote that most specimens are holed. I surmise that the holed specimens were intended to be worn in some fashion. Great conversation pieces, these!
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Thanks for the info! I've read elsewhere that most specimens are holed, but interestingly enough most of the few example that have sold or been listed for sale recently that I could find were not holed but with very advanced rust decay that had obliterated most of the details on the token. This specimen is by far better than any I've seen images of so far.
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I have an unholed specimen in my collection. It appears to have been plated (silver?) at one time. All of these that I've seen, about ten specimens, evidence mushy detail. I do think that your specimen has stronger detail, and IMHO, the environmental damage may have, in effect, enhanced the detail. Another possibility is that the original owner lost your piece not long after purchasing it, thereby nullifying the wear that a pocket-piece would ordinarily be subjected to.
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Any updates on this ?
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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I'd be curious to see what NCS and NGC did with your piece, Xavier. Here's one that I have, an upgrade, possessing a better than average surface area ...   Edited by ExoGuy
01/02/2015 8:25 pm
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just saw your post very nice example! That one looks almost rust free.
I havent sent it in to NCS yet I was waiting to get a couple more coins to send in at once too make the shipping more worth while, but I might just fold now and send it in.
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Yes, Xavier. My previous one had some rust spots. It's been my observation that the rustier ones tend to generally exhibit sharper detail. I also have a plastic specimen that was probably made in the 1960's - only one of those I've as yet personally seen.
I'm looking forward to seeing the results from NCS ...
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