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just came ustairs to find my father rubing graphite over paper very hard with my 1910 s lincoln underneath :(  |
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Why? It etches the coin onto the paper leaving a drawing of it |
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I think you should buy your dad a camera and hide your coins  |
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Nothing wrong with taking a rubbing. It's how coins were imaged long before photography was invented. If done properly, it won't hurt the coin.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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It will bring out detail that might not show up on the raw coin. still not recommended.
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It will bring out detail that might not show up on the raw coin. still not recommended. It also much more often doesn't bring out detail that does show up on the raw coin. I've tried it with my Austrian 1861-A 4 kreuzer - the place where the raw coin very distinctly showed "4 1861 A" was completely featureless on the rubbing. That, and I'd never do it with a high-grade coin (high grade here meaning anything above XF-40). *sorry for the edit, my experiment happened months ago and apparently I misremembered what the coin actually said*Edited by january1may
05/26/2012 10:18 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Should really have more info on this one. There are what is called Graphite sticks. Even some pencils are all Graphite. Many artist too have Graphite sticks that are rather hard so rubbing anything like those over a coin, regardless of under paper, would leave marks on the coins. There are numerous ratings on Graphite items. And example is with penciles of graphite, they come with a numbering system from very soft to extreamely hard.
So my question is what kind of Graphite item was he using?
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Big Fred, thats exactly what my dad said!
Just carl, it was in fact a .07 or whatever graphite stick from a mechanical pencil. And it didnt do any good. the face of the coin kinda looks polished now
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stev18: Just carl, it was in fact a .07 or whatever graphite stick from a mechanical pencil. And it didnt do any good. the face of the coin kinda looks polished now
Do you mean it was a 7mm mechanical pencil? Here is a partial scale for graphite hardness. The "H" designates a level of hardness and "B" designates how dark/black the pencil would be.... 2H is harder than H. "F" means the pencil sharpens to a fine point. Most mechanical pencils in the US are HB I believe.  |
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Posted 05/25/2012 11:51 pm
