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Picked up this lovely off the Bay. Yes, it's a problem coin; however, the oldest coin in my entire collection is 1883, and the price was right for my budget. If nothing else, she's a hole filler for a collection I may have the money to actually complete in mid-grades someday.  In the meantime, does anyone have any suggestions for the corrosion? i.e. a way to retard, stop, or reverse it a little? Edited by ninamason
10/28/2012 6:31 pm
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Beauty! Your collection's time span has increased a good percentage and you are back in a time where the country was being torn apart by major disagreement....great acquisition.
As far as treating a coin, I have no ideas and am interested in what others might have to say.
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A long soak in olive oil might make it look a little better. John1  |
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Nooooo, do NOT soak it in olive oil. Olive oil is an acid, albeit a mild one. You would just be eating away the surface of the coin down to a level lower than the corrosion. Long soakings in olive oil remove a lot more of the surface than people realize.
Thats a nice coin even with the corrosion. You will lose too much detail doing the olive oil thing. If anything, get some Verdis care and treat it with that.
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I think your stuck with it as is, a coin with character.
Veri-care may stop the progression of the corrosion.
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Yeah, I like the level of detail that's visible even with the corrosion. I would like to retard the damage to prevent it from getting any worse, so I may look into VerdiCare.
@upstate: I love "coins with character!" My concern is to keep it from going from a "coin with character" to "useless hunk of metal."
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10/28/2012 8:45 pm
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If you want to stop futher corrosion and reduce the look of the corrosion that's there already. than stick the coin in your oven at 400 for a few minutes. It works good on surface corroded coins as long as the corrosion hasn't eaten into the coin.
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Whoa, that's a new one to me. The oven? Anybody else tried this?
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Never heard that one before. Congrats on your coin Nina !
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Congrats Nina - I like it! Its always fun to push back the date of a coin collection  |
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Thanks, Raymo! I'm starting to feel like an IHC rescue service . . . I still see beauty in these coins when they're damaged. Every single IHC I own has something going on with it. Thank you also Earle! Looks like we posted at the same time. Edited by ninamason
10/29/2012 12:24 am
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Not exactly sure what baking the coin would accomplish.
I doubt that whatever caused the corrosion is corroding it still. That usually is related to being in contact with something. Dirt, a liquid, corrosive atmosphere, that kind of thing. Soaking it in water pat dry then acetone dip followed by the VerdiCare would cover most bases without harming the coin. I have several in my IHP collection that are corroded as well, including my 77. Like I said, thats a nice coin regardless. It will hold the spot well until you choose to upgrade.
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Yup, and even though they're worth less monetarily I like the coins with stories behind 'em. Who knows . . . . looking like this, maybe this coin spent some time in the pocket of an encamped Union soldier or was kept as a keepsake by half of a pair of siblings who had to fight across the North-South line. The possibilities are endless.
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