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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Came across this cent in a roll yesterday . Looks nice, but obverse has like a powder coating and the reverse is nice and shiny. Any thoughts?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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From 1968 until 1974, the San Francisco mint struck circulation pennies, albeit at smaller mintages then the regular P and D mint coins. You get a few occasionally in an old roll. They also produced nickels from 1968 until 1970.
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Valued Member
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Um, wash it with water. Maybe it's just dust or something.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It's a light coating of verdigris, VC will instantly remove this type.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4932 Posts |
Calzone, did you even read what he wrote? That's clearly not what he's asking.
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New Member
United States
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It looks like it was taken from a mint set. I have several 1968-1972 uncirculated mint sets and many of the coins have that haze on them. I've tried soaking in acetone. Doesn't come off. I think there must of been something in the plastic that was used during that time frame that has reacted with the coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I've tried soaking in acetone. Doesn't come off. I think there must of been something in the plastic that was used during that time frame that has reacted with the coin. Acetone will not remove verdigris, this is not from the plastic, it's simply a light verdigris haze. I've dealt with this stuff many times, it's very soluble in VC, comes off right before your eyes in less than 2 seconds. Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Why one side only? @BadThad, is the VC available in Canada?
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Valued Member
United States
73 Posts |
Hi BadThad, what exactly does VC stand for?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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VC stands for Verdi-Care.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Why one side only? @BadThad, is the VC available in Canada? Pretty common with mint set coins, better exposure to air most likely. Yes, Wizard Coin Supply and ebay global shipping program, both go to Canada. However, make sure you have other uses for it. With shipping, it's not worth it to conserve one, fairly common, coin. Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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08/14/2015 4:05 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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VC is the best product fot coins that has ever been made..  I have a couple small bottles that I picked up from a member a while ago, wouldn't trade it fot a BU Lincoln..  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It looks like it was taken from a mint set. I have several 1968-1972 uncirculated mint sets and many of the coins have that haze on them. I've tried soaking in acetone. Doesn't come off. I think there must of been something in the plastic that was used during that time frame that has reacted with the coin. Yes. It has all the earmarks of a mint set coin including the haze. Most of them also have carbon spots now days. This haze can be difficult to remove. I use a mixture of about 75% isopropyl alcohol (must be 91% pure), 25% acetone and a splash of denatured alcohol. Soak it for at least two days and if this doesn't work repeat in undiluted isopropyl. Usually about 75% of pennies 80% of nickels, and 85% of clad coins can be saved but the '68 and '69 are particularly bad. Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Of coarse carbon spots can be removed and all '68-p mint set pennies are carbon spotted now.
I wonder where people will get some of these coins in the future since they are corroding away so quickly due to lack of concern.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I wonder where people will get some of these coins in the future since they are corroding away so quickly due to lack of concern. Hey Clad! As we've discussed many times over the years - collectors/dealers won't realize it until it's too late. For many modern issues, even today, it will take significant effort to find good coins. Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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United States
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As we've discussed many times over the years - collectors/dealers won't realize it until it's too late. For many modern issues, even today, it will take significant effort to find good coins. This is exactly the case. There's this tiny little demand for moderns and no one notices that the supply just keeps getting smaller every year. Eventually the tiny demand will find no supply and then everyone will wake up. In the past there were always lots of "old time collections" to find the slightly older coins but there aren't any old time collections of moderns because almost no one collects them and most of the few who do are not very sophisticated collectors. They do things like save culls from circulation or put BU's in folders. They store their coins in the garage use some coins for tolls. 1968 pennies are going to be one of the toughest to find in nice collectible BU. Mint set coins are a mess and roll coins aren't all that common and are usually poorly struck from worn dies. I wasable to save some of my Gems before they went bad but how many others? Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Posted 08/12/2015 4:00 pm
