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Old Wheat Cent Spill

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It's finally warm enough here is SE Wisconsin to get out detecting. This afternoon, when it made it all the way to 34 degrees, I explored a little patch of village-owned woods by the Milwaukee River here in Grafton, WI.

I was thrilled to find a small pocket spill of three old Lincoln Wheat Cents. It consists of a 1919, a 1919-D and a 1920. They were only a couple of inches down.

I've got them soaking in hydrogen peroxide right now and as the dirt comes off they all look like high grade coins, so I would guess they were lost in the early 1920s.

Here are the "Before" pictures. I'll post more when they're all cleaned up.

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Yes, for sure Paul show us the 'after' photos.
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very nice. but that's still to cold for me to start digging.
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Nice old spill -
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Here are the coins after some cleaning. The 1919-D turned out to be a 1919-S. They're all higher grade coins, so they couldn't have circulated long before being dropped in the woods sometime in the early to mid-1920s.

This is my best pocket spill find to date!

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Nice finds, and great job conserving them!
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Nice spill
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Very nice finds, congrats
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Amazing details! Great coins you got there
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