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Valued Member
United States
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I got this cent from a bank coin roll. Is there anything I can clean it with? I don't want to risk messing it up so I figured I would ask first. It's a Wheat penny, date might end with 9? That's all I can get out of it.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's a rough one..just put it in a bag for wheats just like that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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White vinegar might remove the corrosion, but the damage is done. It looks pitted pretty bad, so you may not be able to improve it much.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Let is soak in vinegar or acetone or verdicare or dip it in jewelers lust.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is there anything I can clean it with? I don't want to risk messing it up so I figured I would ask first. Nothing you can do to it will make it better. Ones like this I put it in my penny jar and when it is full it gets wrapped with the rest of them and taken to the bank. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Harkness, don't worry about messing it up. the damage is already done. try soaking it in peroxide and white vinegar. 24 hours or so.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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or dip it in jewelers lust.  Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just the other day I used some vinegar and H2O2 to pull dates off of 2 buffalos, and it worked great. Turned out I had a '20 and a '16-D.
When looking at your coin, I see 1919, a very common date that is nearly worthless. However, your guess is better than mine.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yup, works on silver but creates major issues with copper.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yup, works on silver but creates major issues with copper. But with this coin is that a real concern? |
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Posted 05/25/2015 11:47 am
