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Large Cent Damage?

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 Posted 02/01/2011  4:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add w1a9c8k5 to your friends list
I took it our of the flip. I doesn't feel slimy (I'm not sure what PVC is) here are better pics:
In This state what is a coins lost value because of the corrosion or what not?
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 Posted 02/01/2011  4:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GRR to your friends list
definite verdigris, looks to be some pitting too.Looks to be environmental damage of some sort to me.
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 Posted 02/01/2011  5:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list

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I doesn't feel slimy (I'm not sure what PVC is)
Well, technically it is not PVC, it is the plasticizer used to make PVC soft.

PVC, in its natural state, is a solid; think PVC plumbing pipe. It is just easier to say PVC than it is to say phthalates.

The plasticizers leech out over time. While they can evaporate, become airborne, and redeposit, direct contact (think coin in a PVC flip) will always do the most damage in the least amount of time.

While I am basing this on what I see from the photo (my opinion could change when seeing it in hand), it looks like you have verdigris.
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 Posted 02/01/2011  8:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add w1a9c8k5 to your friends list
Should I try getting an agent to clean it or should I just keep it the way it is. Also how does it affect the value?
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 Posted 02/01/2011  11:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dirty Finger Penny Sorter to your friends list
Interesting piece. Are those scratches or die cracks on the OBV? I had some that I have been soaking in mineral oil for awhile now. The verdigris is lifting off using that method but it takes a long time.
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 Posted 02/02/2011  12:40 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add w1a9c8k5 to your friends list
Just mineral oil I could pick up at Walmart?
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 Posted 02/02/2011  12:45 am  Show Profile   Check vermontensium's eBay Listings Check vermontensium's eCrater Listings Bookmark this reply Add vermontensium to your friends list
Looks to be a metal detector find and yes, that looks to be verdigris. It is definitely considered environmental damage.
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 Posted 02/02/2011  12:58 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SsuperDdave to your friends list

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It is just easier to say PVC than it is to say phthalates.


Careful with the testy language, you.


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Looks to be a metal detector find and yes, that looks to be verdigris. It is definitely considered environmental damage.


Absolutely. 100% correctable at this stage? No. These are what they are, and value takes a serious hit as a result.
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Just mineral oil I could pick up at Walmart?


Yes, the kind you take to get your bowels back on track. Don't confuse it with mineral spirits in the paint aisle. I learned this trick from the CCF and it works but like I said, it takes a long time depending on how much verdigris there is. When done I wash it off with hot water and air dry.
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 Posted 02/02/2011  11:10 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list
I am still new to this aspect of the hobby, but I would love to see what VERDI-CARE would do for it.

I am sure it will remove the green, but also reveal the corrosion (pitting) beneath.
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 Posted 02/02/2011  11:15 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add yotie to your friends list
i kinda like the green colour
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 Posted 02/02/2011  11:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add thq to your friends list
I like it. It looks like an old ship's bell from navy surplus. If it bothers you use it as a pocket coin. Nothing you do to it is going to increase its value. Yesterday I emeried some objectionable graffiti off of a 5F Napoleon, which is now in MY pocket.

And pardon my french but PVC is polyvinylidine chloride.
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 Posted 02/02/2011  11:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list
Actually, PVC is polyvinyl chloride.

Polyvinylidene chloride is PVDC (Saran Wrap).

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 Posted 02/05/2011  10:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Meldercat to your friends list
It's not a valuable coin. I would leave it alone. Good honest aging for a low grade VG coin.

I'm from the old school. Never clean a modern coin. Ancient coins are different animal.

The grading companies have a new term, preservation and restoration. A rose is a rose by any other name ...
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 Posted 02/05/2011  10:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add thecoinczar to your friends list
Is every coin in the collection covered with the same level of verdigris as the one illustrated? I Would follow the advice in this thread and try mineral oil and perhaps some of that verdi-care. You probably have some very nice coins underneath all of that goo.
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