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fiddler Valued Member United States 230 Posts	Posted 02/18/2008 5:07 pm My dad found this coin while digging footers for his deck about 10 years ago. I'm looking for opinions and advice. Is it worth getting cleaned? Is there a way I can get the green off myself without ruining it? Or should it be left alone? Thanks Image: 53centobverse.jpg 82.54 KB Image: 53centreverse.jpg 82.19 KB Report this Post to the Staff

atlashealth Pillar of the Community United States 1691 Posts	Posted 02/18/2008 5:45 pm corrosion with AU details Report this Post to the Staff
1sikevo Pillar of the Community United States 1130 Posts	Posted 02/18/2008 6:19 pm The bad news is the corrosion damage is permanent. You may be able to soak in acetone and get some gunk off and maybe apply some olive oil to preserve what's left. With an approx value of about $25-30, it's probably not worth sending to NCS to get it conserved and even then, the parts of the coin that's been damaged is still irreversible. Report this Post to the Staff
gbchaosmaster Valued Member United States 328 Posts	Posted 02/19/2008 4:47 pm Nograde: PO1, AU50 details. Report this Post to the Staff
Vaslin Pillar of the Community United States 914 Posts	Posted 02/19/2008 10:50 pm :) You may think me mad, but I love this quality of large cent. Report this Post to the Staff
fiddler Valued Member United States 230 Posts	Posted 02/20/2008 3:22 pm 1sikevo; Is there a time limit on soaking in acetone? ie can I soak too long? And does this apply to silve and nickle as well? By $25-30 do you mean value now, conserved, or if it was not corroded. And last, if this coin had been cleaned when it first came out of the ground would there be less corrosion? Thanks Gbchaosmaster; AU50 details I understand. Could you please explain nograde: PO1 Thanks Vaslin; You just might like this one then. I p[osted this one on a metal detecing forum under an oldest find thread and one of the guys really loved, said it had character. Image: LCO.jpg 72.84 KB Image: largecentreverse.jpg 87.57 KB Report this Post to the Staff
Vaslin Pillar of the Community United States 914 Posts	Posted 02/20/2008 4:11 pm Haha! Yea, definitely character to that one. I'm afraid that's a bit too extreme for even me! PO1 = Poor FR2 = Fair AG3 = Almost Good G4 = Good BTW: I don't think acetone will do anything to this. Report this Post to the Staff
copperflopper New Member United States 48 Posts	Posted 02/20/2008 7:41 pm No amount of work will make a corroded large cent any better. I've tried. Report this Post to the Staff
Vaslin Pillar of the Community United States 914 Posts	Posted 02/21/2008 07:51 am The only cleaning that would do anything is pretty severe, an electrolysis machine. The corrosion will definitely look worse, but will keep the coin from deteriorating further. Report this Post to the Staff
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