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The flood of nice copper continues. Found another nice piece this morning. Just 52.00 for this one, and it came with a tribe of Indian Head cents, 15 in number, the earliest being 1883, and the newest a 1909. Always a chance for that S mint mark ... and coming out of California. I think this is a dandy. The background is an old manilla envelope that it's been in for a very long time. This is from an old collection. It will be interesting attributing this one. This coin has similar details to the N-15 reverse. It's not an N-15 though ... it has denticles on the reverse. Been diggin' .... looks like maybe N-11 Chance    Edited by Chancellor Sutler
11/05/2011 4:01 pm
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Nice coin. I love undamaged old copper. Are you assembling a date set? I tried ot fill a Dansco large cent album out of dealers junk bins about 15 years ago. Got pretty close. I should drag it out of the vault and see what is still missing. They are mostly very low grade with a few nice ones I picked up in trades and other deals.
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I'm entertaining the thought of a date set. Right now, I'm grabbing things that are obviously undergraded and priced under market. Heck, by the time I sell off the indian heads, I may only have 25 dollars invested in this coin. if I were to be so incredibly lucky as to score the 09-S, something I don't really see as likely, I'll keep that one and sell the rest of the Indians.
Chance
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To my amazement, this arrived this morning. I've had no luck attributing it so far. Chance   |
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Nice Large Cent! What about the IHCs?
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The Indians are taking a bath .... covered in green slime. The good news is that its coming right off, and there doesn't appear to be any significant damage from it so far. They're all commons. The oldest an 1883, and the newest a 1909 ... Philly of course
Chance
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Here's the little tribe of Indians ... look likel lots of others I've seen. A couple need more time in the juice. Chance  |
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Question: how do you get around the 100K image posting?  The IHC image is 586439 bytes and 1400 X 909 pixels, according to the properties of the image. The Large Cent OBV is 659243 bytes and 1228 X 1244 pixels. Edited by oih82w8
11/07/2011 12:41 pm
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My pictures are hosted at imgur.com, a free image hosting site. They give you the html tagged link to insert in bulletin boards ... though I already knew the code needed to make it appear ... it's easier to just copy and paste.
I can use real big pictures and not take up any CCF server space.
Chance
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Didn't get too carried away with it, but here's about 60 seconds in the naptha, followed by rinsing with acetone via the airbrush. I need to take them with better lighting, but the crud in the headband is going to wash out easily. Chance   Edited by Chancellor Sutler
11/07/2011 2:45 pm
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I didn't know what "naptha" is, so I Googled it... all I found out is that it's an industrial solvent similar to gasoline (yikes!)... it won't hurt coins?
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It's actually lighter fluid ... and it has no effect on coloration. Once flushed away with acetone .. it's not there anymore, so there's no need for any concern about long term effects of the solvent on the metal. It's an effective solvent for pvc contamination.
Chance
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I might have to try this so called method on my 1800 large cent, problem is I think it is corroded. Dang it. I will see. Nice looking coin! I have taken a liking of the large cents over the past few decades.
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I might have to try this so called method on my 1800 large cent, problem is I think it is corroded. Removing corrosion is cleaning your coins, which are the first three rules of coin collecting you are never suppose to do, especially if trying a new method. You don't want to ruin your coin! |
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Leaving corrosion on a coin is no better. Corrosion can hold moisture, fostering even further damage to the coin. There a5re exceptions to every rule. If there's nothing wrong with the coin...then absolutely .... leave it alone .... period.
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I was not too impressed by the original photo (angled and out of focus) but the second set of images of the large cent are a lot better. I strikes me as a pretty nice coin! It isn't a N-11, 13 or 15 though, doesn't have the broken uprights on the N's of ONE and CENT. Haven't tried to attribute it yet (every time I get a chance to look at it I'm away from my references.)
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