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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow, just goes to show that sometimes a coin must be cleaned! If there is a material covering the coin, what good is it? You turned something ugly into something beautiful!
I know cleaning is bad in general, but it had little appeal before, but now it looks great!
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Pillar of the Community
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It was fun to play with and I only paid 3.25 for it. Sure took a lot of rubbing to get most of the solder off. I think somebody thought they could fill in scratches/gouges with solder but the solder got away from them. They tried to tone it but apparently solder doesn't tone.
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Edited by 52Raymo
07/17/2012 4:06 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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lol, well solder is made from different mixtures of tin, lead, and aluminum. So, the fact that it is a copper cent means even if the solder toned it would not tone the same!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good job  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks Harry !
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I suspect it wasn't solder but some kind of filler or adhesive like bondo that might have responded more easily to acetone.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It definitely wasn't bondo or any kind of adhesive. I'm sure it was solder as the acetone did nothing.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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OK, you never mentioned that you actually tried acetone on it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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For $3.25 and a lot of elbow grease you have a nice looking cent.
It has been said for a long time, "If you are going to try to clean coins,
experiment with some inexpensive ones first."
52Raymo, yours is the exception to the rule that one should never clean a coin.
Congratulations and thanks for sharing.
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Valued Member
United States
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That came out looking much nicer in the end.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I like it. Good conversation piece.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1227 Posts |
Wow, it's beautiful under all that garbage!! Ruined? Nah. I'd be happy to buy that cent even knowing its history--the details on the headdress and cheek are gorgeous.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks everyone, it was fun to experiment.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Valued Member
Canada
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Wow that coin looks way nicer than before! This is one of the few exceptions where cleaning a coin might have raised the value.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks CC ! Hey, I just got a cpl tombacs in the mail yesterday. I love em especially the one you use as your avatar. The morse code that replaces the denticles is just too cool.
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