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Valued Member
United States
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You know how a coin pops out at you and gets you thinking? Well it's 4:30 in the morning and I find myself starring at this one. Why would the front and back be different colors? Also is this copper? It looks different then the other copper pennies I have here. Just really has me wondering    |
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Moderator
 United States
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Your coin appears to have been the same color once, but the obverse looks like it was scrubbed clean. Notice the color difference between the obverse field and the areas above Lincoln's head and below his chin.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Valued Member
 United States
362 Posts |
Thank you. That makes sense to me. I'm not sure though
when or who cause I've been going through coins I've had here
for a couple of years now and going through the 1959's so it's
been there for awhile. In the past I've at times taken a cloth and
tried wipping dirt off to be able to see some of these but if that was
the case I would have done both sides with the way I've wiped
them before but it does looked clean cause you can see the color
difference on the front around his face. I'm tempted to try to clean
the back and see if it comes out like the front, it looks like a nice coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is your coin , thus most certainly do to it as you wish but doing what was done to the obverse of this coin will generally ruin it's collector value.
Not enough space here to discuss coin conservation as aposed to coin cleaning but I strongly recommend studying the difference
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Valued Member
United States
362 Posts |
Thank you stoneman 227. No I'm aware
you can't clean a coun (which kind of puzzles me as to what happen with this one) but if the front was clean already then
it already lost value I would think? But there is something about the looks of this coin (in hand anyway) that I'm going to keep this one. The only reason I was thinking of cleaning the back was to see if
I could get the same effect as the front of the coin. But I'm aware of cleaning isn't a good thing to do. Thank you though for the advice.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Clean a circulating coin with nothing going on with it to see how it would effect a coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It reminds me of a coin that someone used a pencil eraser on the obverse? That would lighten the color a bit.
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Valued Member
United States
362 Posts |
No what I mean BlueSolo I'm curious why the two shades
of colors. I wish my camera got the true color of this better, but
it's pretty what looks like its bronze. Definitely different from
the back. I was wondering if I could get the back to look like
the front. It's funny but I can put this one penny mixed in 100 pennies
I can single it out right away. Its just really neat looking.
coop I was thinking of making a necklace out of it.
I never let anything go to waste. LoL
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United States
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I once found a coin under the basement stairs of a house built in 1950. It was a 1947 Wheat cent. The side that I could see was brown, dirty, dusty and a bit corroded. The down side was AU with 50% or more of the brilliant luster remaining. Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here)See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) |
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Valued Member
United States
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Maybe something like that happened, I can't remember cleaning it, so I don't know but I like this one. It's really pretty and
looks different than the others... I no doubt will keep it. :)
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Moderator
United States
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years ago, before I learned anything about collecting, I had cents in a folder that were getting dark so I took some brass polish and cleaned the fronts  Those coins probably looked much like the one you posted: cleaned/polished/scratched on one side only. |
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Valued Member
United States
362 Posts |
Can you do that fuzzy317? Is it possible to clean
them without losing value. I have in the past used
A damp paper towel to try to lift some dirt if it was
impossible to see. This one was with me for at least
2 years so it's possible I used a paper towel on it
back then but I would of gently wiped it front and back.
The backing on this one didnt appear to have been cleaned.
so I can't say for sure. I never thought of using a
polish but I probably would of done
done the same.
Coop I'm sorry I misread your comment earlier.
I thought you were saying you knew of someone
that used it for a pencil eraser but I was
rushing earlier and misread that, sorry...
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Moderator
United States
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Quote:
Mdnyte
Can you do that fuzzy317? Is it possible to clean them without losing value. NO, I highly recommend Against that method. I knew next to nothing about collecting, and basically wiped away any value they had above face value. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Oh okay, thank you Fuzzy. Yeah once I heard about
you should never clean a coin I stopped using the paper
towels too...
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