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New Member
Australia
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Edited by Morgan bruce
09/25/2016 08:12 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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It looks like an average grade coin thats been cleaned
Watch your top knot
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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 To the fourum What you have here unfortunately is a polished and cleaned penny that is now worth its scrap value and has lost any numismatic value it may have had prior to being cleaned. It is very "Shiny" though |
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New Member
 Australia
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Nah I reckon my Great Grandfather put it in this pouch a couple of odd decades ago and I recently happened upon it, the ink from within the pouch at this time had stained the coin completely purple, removing the ink revealed a shiny coin - I don't reckon the purple coin had value but I do reckon the coin it always has been underneath isn't "scrap". I have a few hundred odd Australian pennies and I can confirm cleaning them in any way does not turn the coin shiny like the one above - they seem to stay the disgusting brown colour, which is in no way bad, of course. - also the picture lies, the coin isn't brown! its sort of the colour of copper - basically NOT POLISHED but sort of cleaned by taking purple ink stains off of it
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09/25/2016 09:57 am
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Valued Member
Australia
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Nah I reckon my Great Grandfather put it in this pouch a couple of odd decades ago and I recently happened upon it, the ink from within the pouch at this time had stained the coin completely purple, removing the ink revealed a shiny coin - I don't reckon the purple coin had value but I do reckon the coin it always has been underneath isn't "scrap". I have a few hundred odd Australian pennies and I can confirm cleaning them in any way does not turn the coin shiny like the one above - they seem to stay the disgusting brown colour, which is in no way bad, of course. - also the picture lies, the coin isn't brown! its sort of the colour of copper - basically NOT POLISHED but sort of cleaned by taking purple ink stains off of it Ok it may be interesting to see how PCGS or NGC grade it. |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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its sort of the colour of copper - basically NOT POLISHED but sort of cleaned by taking purple ink stains off of it What method of 'cleaning' did you use to remove the purple ink? life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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New Member
Australia
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went to the kitchen and got some vinegar the dye/ink came off in a few seconds of exposure.. *blushes and embarrassed* but this ink stuff made the coin totally unrecognisable
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09/26/2016 03:19 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Vinegar is merely diluted acetic acid, you chemically cleaned the coin yourself in addition to a quite obvious mechanical cleaning(wiping, polishing, buffing, etc). For the sake of your other coins, keep them away from vinegar and cloth  Quote:
I can confirm cleaning them in any way does not turn the coin shiny like the one above That is completely incorrect and has no basis in reality, mechanical cleaning will always result in an unnaturally shiny coin. Edited by biokemist6
09/26/2016 12:28 pm
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