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Valued Member
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I looked into it more myself. Looks like ones with corrosion go for around $20-$25 on ebay. That's when they actually do sell. Still pretty good for something that I found in the ground. |
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Sorry to re-bump this, but I had another question about this coin. I just got in some verdi-care, and was wondering whether or not I should use it on this coin. I have gotten most of the gunk off of it, and was wondering if it would be worth it for preservation.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Always worth trying to save any coin that is that old.
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Valued Member
United States
265 Posts |
Are there any negative effect that verdi care may have on it?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd use the Verdicare, it might improve the appearance.
Edited by SilverDollar2017
11/16/2018 11:53 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I doubt the Verdi-care will help it, but I don't see how it could hurt it to try it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It looks like a natural dug coin as is; using Verdi-care will likely leave it more blotchy and less natural-looking. I would leave well enough alone.
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Valued Member
United States
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Thank You all. After giving it some thought, I think I will leave this one alone. I have some dug indian heads and much worse looking large cents I can try the verdi care on. This is my best dug large cent, and I am happy with it as is. Thank you all for your help.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Can you post a pic so we can see how good a job you did without the verdicare ?
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Valued Member
United States
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This is how I left it. I feel like some of the surface would flake away is I used verdicare. I've been keeping it in a 2X2.   |
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Valued Member
United States
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Amazing find. Given it's age and the length of time it has spent in the ground ... it seems to be in pretty decent shape all things considered. Congratulations.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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 with not using VC on this one.  It needs to remain as original as possible. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks for the opinions everyone. I am going to leave this one alone and just use it on some of my dug indian heads, which are shaping up to be really nice with the VC. Are any of you interested in seeing how the indian heads came out? I wouldn't have any "before" pics, but I could certainly show them after treatment.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think you've made a good decision. Practice on some other coins. I've cleaned a lot of my LC finds, and some look better, but some look much worse. The dirt and the flaky material provide the detail. Sometimes they are less identifiable after cleaning.
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