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yhbearcats Pillar of the Community United States 688 Posts	Posted 01/12/2014 3:49 pm What do you think the grade is on this one? What would you recommend to use to get off the "gunk"? Report this Post to the Staff

DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 01/12/2014 4:40 pm I'd grade this one around EF40-45--nice strike! I would not try to remove the crud, it's part of the 'history' of the coin. If you dissolved it away, there might be brighter patches of metal that would scream "cleaned!" Edited by DVCollector 01/12/2014 4:42 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Joseph7420 Bedrock of the Community Canada 11922 Posts	Posted 01/12/2014 5:16 pm EF-45! Report this Post to the Staff
jerryc39 Pillar of the Community United States 3156 Posts	Posted 01/12/2014 5:28 pm very nice xf 45 Report this Post to the Staff
beaglebailey Pillar of the Community United States 716 Posts	Posted 01/12/2014 6:52 pm I agree with XF 45, also looks like it got the broken wing tip-nice coin Report this Post to the Staff
flippy Pillar of the Community Australia 1874 Posts	Posted 01/12/2014 7:11 pm EF45 Report this Post to the Staff
Normic67 Pillar of the Community 798 Posts	Posted 01/12/2014 8:36 pm I never see those in that kind of condition, usually there grades are quite low. Its a very nice penny. Report this Post to the Staff
kanga Pillar of the Community United States 5825 Posts	Posted 01/12/2014 9:03 pm It appears to be a Snow-4. If so you should see doubling on a lot of the letters in UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Need larger/sharper image to be sure. Report this Post to the Staff
johnny54321 Rest in Peace United States 4849 Posts	Posted 01/13/2014 12:28 am It would have a shot at 50 with some luster. From the photos, the fields look to have little to no luster, so I will stick with 45. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 01/13/2014 03:05 am You can probably remove the gunk, but you'll regret doing it. Under the gunk is a surface uncolored by time like the rest of the coin, so the result will be an obviously-cleaned coin with bright patches. Report this Post to the Staff
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