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So some of you have already noticed my fairly recent purchase of this beautiful and one of a kind King George penny "case". Well I wasnt sure about it, until it arrived 2 days ago and I am absolutely in love with it! I have found two "new" variety of die cracks and since I cant see the back of the 1948 penny, I can only hope and wonder if it's the A pointing to LDe or the A pointing to SDe! Here are the pictures, enjoy!      Edited by RoyalSilver
07/17/2012 1:50 pm
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What an awesome find! Congrats!
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Nice find. I'd get them out of that frame quickly. The obverses are sure to need a nice acetone bath to get that tape residue off.
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Bedrock of the Community
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ARRGG.. I agree remove the tape quick.  But, nice find.  |
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Personally, I'd leave 'em just as they are. Great looking set.
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yeah I was thinking about the tap as well. From what it looks like, they have been taped like that for many, many years...so any damage that was done has already been done. I would really like to have a look at the obverse of that 1948, but its not worth it. I will leave them as they are for now since I dont have a better way of holding them in if I take them out and properly "clean" them.
Just for future reference, whats the BEST (safest least damaging) way to remove the tape and "clean" the coins? If I were to go to a professional coin shop would they do it? Or ICCS maybe?
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Sorry I am no help on the cleaning part, but what a beautiful set of coins!
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Your 1943 cent is Zoell LP66u, and probably the nicest one I have ever seen. Back in 1965, Hans Zoell put a strong premium price of $3 on that coin in uncirculated condition, probably 10 times the normal price of an uncirculated 1943 cent back then. I like the display, but I would consider rescuing that 1943, and finding a replacement for your display. Here is the image Hans used for your coin.  Source: Zoell, H. 1965. Canada Minor Coin Varieties (Part Two, including Newfoundland), 3rd Edition, Hobby Publishing and Manufacturing, Regina, Canada, 156 p."Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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07/18/2012 1:31 pm
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SPP thanks so much for that info, your great! What would be the best way to "clean" the coins? Id also like to have a look at the 48
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Acetone is the only conservation technique I would employ. Tape residue is inorganic so the acetone should remove it easily.
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I'll be trying that tomorrow ( or today as its midnight) thanks for your advice amida. I will read up on acetone cleaning, but just another quick question. What would be a good length of time to leave the coins soaking? And will there be any visible signs of "cleaning" once the coins have been soaked?
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In terms of toning, the damage is already done on the obverse. You will not hurt the coin more by an acetone bath, so soak it as long as it is necessary. Rinse the coin afterwards with water, before the acetone dries on the coin.
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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I started the cleaning process...did an acetone soak for about 8 hours...all the residue is still there, I just got home from work and checked, the acetone evaporated but all of the tape residue remains...i put the pennies to soak for overnight...
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The first thing I noticed, as many of you have, was the tape. But, unless those are expensive coins you should leave them as they are. An album with coins of all the same grade look amazing when they're together. Only 4 of them are different from the rest. As a whole your coins look(ed) nice together. It would be like removing the stones from a tennis bracelet just for the sake of it. I believe that the coins are "worth" more together as a set even if they have tape on them. That sounds like sacrilege to a coin collector, I know.
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yeah I think I'm just going to leave the set as it is...i tried to clean the tape, didnt get that far, soaked coins for 8 hours, did a few rinses and SOME tape came off...but the majority was still there. If I can find a pace that professionally restores coins, id like to give in my 1943
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I started the cleaning process...did an acetone soak for about 8 hours...all the residue is still there, I just got home from work and checked, the acetone evaporated but all of the tape residue remains...i put the pennies to soak for overnight... If the adhesive was water based, acetone won't remove it. |
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