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I had taken this cent out of a 1973 Specimen Set, it is toned like crazy on the obverse because it was in contact with the toxic packaging. This set I dunked in distilled water and cleaned off the red flock. The surprise was the blue toned leopard skin pattern on the cent obverse. Took some close up photos today. All comments appreciated.     Here is a link to the coin soaking topic. https://goccf.com/t/226414&whichpage=2  Edited by SilverDon
01/02/2016 4:27 pm
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I've had some fun cleaning (conserving) these cents up too ... the toning does turn out like a leopard print. I've never had any luck capturing it with photos though.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice effect Silverdon.
As you say, it was probably caused by the copper contacting the red flock.
I don't think that I will be checking my 73 Specimen Set though. It is as it came from the mint in corrugated box and wrapped in tissue with the seal. I don't want to disturb anything and have to go through the cleaning process like you did.
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You get some crazy toning from the smaller 'Double cent' specimen sets too... they were often packaged with one cent obverse up and the other cent reverse up. I have matching pairs of blue ones, green ones and even pink toned coins.  In fact, it is very hard to find a 1973 specimen cent with no toning!! Found two, which the original owner removed the coins from their original sets back in the early 1970s and put the coins into capital holders... I kept one for my own collection, and sold the other (1973 ICCS SP-65 Red) for $75... a serious premium!! "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Chequer - awesome leopard print. Not sure
how the pattern occurs but I am happy with the results.
Also I agree, terribly hard to photograph.
JimmyD - I've seen devastating results with
pennies that were in the flock too long, rusting corroded
blobs. Don't you want to crack open that set, you may
have a nice toner.
SPP - nice magenta tone on that cent with
cameo, wild colours in these Specimen and Prestige Sets,
and cased Specimen Dollars. Double Dollar and Double
Penny Sets are inexpensive and fun to collect, like
Cracker Jacks, a surprise in each pack, like those
toners.
Thanks for the replies, I appreciate the good information
from you all.
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01/02/2016 10:38 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Hi SilverDon-
Don't want to disturb my 73 set but might try
on some of my other sets.
What is the easiest way to pry the coins away from the flocking?
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Pillar of the Community
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I took a pin (or nail file) to get between the coin and the flock covered plastic.
You may have to get physical and bend the plastic a bit.
The coin may be stuck in there but will come out. Have a q-tip ready.
An old soft toothbrush may be good for the edge of a reeded coin but I would
only use a q-tip on the surface. I used distilled water and Baby Shampoo.
The flocking is like a resin, very sticky and difficult to remove.
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I ripped the flocking sheet out of the case and pushed the coins out from behind. The flocking is attached to a very thin plastic sheet. Even though I bought the set new in 1973, I had no qualms about destroying the case. It seemed fitting retribution for the evil the case had inflicted on the coins.
The cent in my set was utter garbage. Heavy black/brown corrosion. Sadly it went into the TD coin counting machine and netted me the princely sum of $0.01.
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It seemed fitting retribution for the evil the
case had inflicted on the coins. I took the evil plastic flock covered lining outside, took a small hand broom to it in a heavy wind. Then scrubbed it with dish soap and warm water to get rid of the stickiness. After drying, the texture of the plastic could be seen, a bumpy stippled red liner. You can see the Silver Dollar came out cleaner, the Nickel Dollar and cent are toned.  |
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Darn I didn't know liner could be cleaned. I threw my liner out. I also used the push from behind method. Most were in very decent shape, except the penny. I will need to dig them out to have a better look. I had read somewhere about the damage that can occur leaving them in the set. The dollar coins are beauties. Was the PEI dollar ever a circulation strike. The leopard penny is awesome.
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