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Ok, so I'm new here (hi everyone!). I know this subject has been covered over and over at some point. But I have yet to find info on one of these: Can any one help with any info? I've had this for probably 35 years, and as a kid I opened them and got my fingerprints on them, so they are not in perfect shape. Also, for some reason one has turned a rather pretty shade of green. Any info would be appreciated! Thanks!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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 To the forum. This is all the information on your 65 penny collection.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Welcome to CCF.
Nice I like it, the scarcest one is turning green though, maybe someone here might have some advise on what to do about that.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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From here, as you mentioned, the toning looks nice. I'm not familiar with this particular holder, so the question is what is causing the colour. A good close up of the coin should help.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If your question is solely on color, this is the wrong area to post your question. With that said, you need a better image of the toned coin in question.
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New Member
 United States
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My question was mainly about the case it's in, and it was a common holder or some random one.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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the holder is a third party holder and is not rare. it is unfortunate you opened it up the large bead pointed 5 was probably high grade and worth a pretty penny
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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This holder is seen quite often. I picked up one with a nice looking one for around $50 and sent the Type IV to ICCS. It made MS-64 and I sold it for $120 or so. The green looks like regular toning to me, although the shade is a bit unusual.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I have soaked green coin's in a bowl with 2 drops of dish soap, let it soak for 24 hrs then with a Q-Tip and acetone start to rub the green area. This may take several times to get the verdigris off the coin, I've used rose throne or hawthorn needles because they are soft to pick at it the GREEN and they don't leave marks on the coin . I have worked on coin's for up to 7 day's before I was able to removed it all, the coin will never be the same the problem with verdigris is. Once you have removed it from the coin it leave a dark spot where the verdigris was that can't be removed from the coin, the value of the coin just went down. Removing verdigris for scarce variety is well worth it, but in your case I don't think it is, just buy a replacement coin, sometimes the lesson leaned can be a costly lesson |
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I agree with smallcentguy, that's likely regular toning and may look quite attractive, so don't start "cleaning" it until you know what it is. Good, closeup photos here will give a good idea or let a dealer have a look.
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Pillar of the Community
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Good information here (regarding the varieties mostly). Thanks!
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Sorry for being late to the party, but I wanted to chime in...
In my opinion, that's a cool little set!
3rd party for sure.
I would definitely leave it as-is, the toning on the variety 4 penny is nothing I would personally worry about.
- I actually looked for 1965 penny threads here because I recently discovered that I had a variety 4 penny in my tin of 1965 pennies that I have used to put aside 1965 dated pennies for the past twenty plus years...
With the prospect very low of adding any more pennies to this tin, I figured I might as well sort them - imagine my surprise when I discovered a single example of this variety!
Apparently I missed out on a big container of over $10 in pennies... but my brother was in a rush to bring them to the bank :( - oh well, you can't win them all.
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11/11/2015 12:08 pm
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