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 To be quite frank,for under five bucks you could replace them with better.If you want to clean them for the experience or because they have sentimental value,do a search of this site,in the upper left corner. |
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Verdicare will help remove and conserve the coins. Only problem is that the product is unable to be shipped to Canada. darn government red tape. I'm sure others will chime in with tips on conserving coppers. I usually heat some hydrogen peroxide for about 15 secs in the microwave and then soak the coin in it until it stops bubbling. Take a softened wooden toothpick tip and try to remove the verdigris without rubbing the coin if you can. Repeat as necessary. I have heard others soaking them in Olive Oil. I have never tried the Olive Oil thing but I guess it works. What ever you do...I would recommend a quick dip in some acetone (Straigh Acetone...not fingernail polish remover) before putting it in a 2x2 for storage. If you like the toning...put it into a airtight holder.
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The toning is lovely because some time ago, someone cleaned those coins and they have retoned. Note that the toning only occurs on the higher relief devices and the open fields. The "green" you speak of is where the coin was uncleaned, noticeably in between the letters of the legend and around the devices, look inside the loop of the 9 (date), for example. You really cannot hurt those coins any more, they look like retoned VG to F in grade; a bit of warm water and a soft, clean toothbrush will at least get rid of the 'green' on the coin.
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Thank you clad hunter and spp-Ottawa. I will try warm water and soft toothbrush first and then the olive oil if the first doesn't work. I'm not good with grading. I thought I might have had something unique ðŸ˜"ðŸ˜"ðŸ˜". Maybe next time.
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I am also a fan of toned 1-cent coins, and have a cool mint-state collection. The George VI series through the war years can be fantastic as well as the early pre-pliofilm (1953-1960) proof-like strikes. Unfortunately, photographing toning to catch their play of colours is something beyond my rudimentary camera skills... if I can find a means to get photo taken properly, I'll share a few with you here Coin Chick. If I can offer one piece of advice, be very careful when purchasing toned coins. Most dealers cannot grade properly through the toning, and often overcharge for a cool-coloured coin, that in reality, might be EF or worse in grade and has been previously cleaned.
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Thanks SPP-Ottawa
As of now I haven't purchased much professionally because I feel I don't know enough. I can see how it can be hard to grade them with all the toning because I think they look spectacular. I found these and other toned pennies dating up to the 80's while CRH. I live in a small farming community so my guess is that some old farmer just rolled them up one day and had taken them to the bank. I've come across wheats, blank planchett in the same roll. So I've paid face values for these ones. It was a lucky hit.
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I know rural Alberta well; what part of the province are you from? One of my best-ever coin finds came from an farmer's estate sale, near the town of High Level. That story is almost unbelievable in itself, maybe I will share it some other time...
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SPP-Ottawa
I'm south of Calgary. I've never been to an estate sale. Its hard in small towns to find out about the ones in the city and not much to find in the towns. Family usually cleans people out.
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Thanks SPP-Ottawa.
I will try to go. Thanks for the info.
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