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Bedrock of the Community
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OK, after reading all about these, I decided to start collecting them. I bought my first one today, this 1879 labelled as VF-35 from my local shop. It's closer to EF-45 IMO, but I can't post a pic because my cam is out for repair. I paid $96 for it...sound reasonable? They only made 38,000 of this year!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sounds very reasonable. Get pix as soon as possible, though!
That coin, for the year, is a great choice.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Forum Dad
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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BadThad...you're going to have a riot on your hands soon. You know what we need!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Oh dear....LOL. I sent my cam in on Thursday, it's going to be a couple weeks for factory repair. I'm just as anxious as you guys to get some pics. Looks like these are going to be quite interesting to collect. My local shop guy told me he has a complete 3CN collection he's buying from a private seller. He told me about $3k would be his price to me. He said he may be willing to break it up if I wanted at least 5 coins. I'm going to probably take him up on the offer with the tough dates of 1880-1889. I want those now because the prices are moving up fast. I just hope the 1885 isn't insanely priced, because I mUST have that coin. It seems these are WAY under-valued. He even told me that these should be about 10x the price based on mintage. To think, if I can get an 1885, I'll be one of only 1,000 (or likely less) people that own one! I'm excited about this! Special thanks to Prethen for bringing this series up to me (I saw your thread https://goccf.com/t/17338). Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Valued Member
United States
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Are there any 3CN collector clubs or organizations specializing in 3CNs?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There are no 3CN organizations that I've ever heard of. That would be a fun club to be a part of. The funny part is, if you got every 3CN collector in the country, you'd probably be able know everyone in the club on a first name basis!
I would love to see a 3CN club start up. Personally, I wouldn't have the time to get it going right now, nor provide the newsletters. Although, I wouldn't mind helping provide content from time to time. What would you guys think would be appropriate for such a club to do, other than provide a monthly newsletter? What would go in the newsletter every month? What other "services" would you offer? Would you charge anything to belong?
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07/28/2007 7:43 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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I would tend to agree with you that it is a very strong VF or possibly EF coin at least from the photos (which are nice, by the way.) The way this series seems to be going pricewise, I certainly wouldn't have hesitated to pay that kind of money for this year and condition. Good going!
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Pillar of the Community
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Very nice VF35/XF40. In most dealer's inventories that would be advertised as XF.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very nice VF35/XF40. In most dealer's inventories that would be advertised as XF.
You can't see it in the pic, but there's a small trace of green stuff on the reverse. You can only see it with a magnifier. Should I try to do anything about that, i.e. DI water or acetone? Is that fairly common with these? Or Should I send it out for conservation? I just don't want it to do anymore damage. Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Pillar of the Community
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Personally, yes, I would eliminate it by an acetone or denatured alcohol soak. There are at least a couple of people here that would be afraid to touch it at all. I've never wrecked a coin yet by removing that green stuff. The overall look of the coin remains the same, but the gunk comes off (just gently use a cotton swap). The main reason for removing it is that that stuff can potentially keep reacting and growing, not to mention it doesn't help the eye appeal.
[Bracing for the naysayers...]
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08/16/2007 5:22 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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You won't hear any naysaying from me on using an acetone or denatured alcohol bath to remove the green gunk. This won't hurt the coin at all, and will leave no trace assuming the metal surface has not already been damaged. Even if it has been damaged, the value of the coin should not be adversely affected.
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Bedrock of the Community
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me neither, I have used acetone many many times to get rid of unwanted stuff on coins
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Posted 07/27/2007 5:27 pm
