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This is my prized possesion. Found it metal detecting a few months back. Beautiful for being in the ground for so long! Looking for a rough grade. Thanks!   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 That's an A-M-A-Z-I-N-G metal detecting find! Super Congrats  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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XF details - environmental damage. Needs conservation.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.comEdited by numismatic student
01/29/2017 01:18 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The details are amazing for a copper coin buried that long. Such a shame the verdigris consumed it. Wonder if there's a safe way to remove it. It's just caked on so thick.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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VF sharpness, but extensive corrosion.
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United States
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Where did you find it, ar the beach?
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New Member
United States
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Found in a cow pasture. About 10 inches deep. The soil was very kind to it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I would send to NCS for professional conservation. That would also maximize its value. You are fortunate that the environmental damage is very even.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Super find! to the CCF! |
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United States
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I would send to NCS for professional conservation. That would also maximize its value. You are fortunate that the environmental damage is very even. I don't know what they could do for it. The coin is made of corroded copper. If you remove the corrosion, you remove the coin. Given where it was found, it was probably lost not long after 1807. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Needs a very long soak in Verdi-Care or olive oil to stabilize the surface as soon as possible.
Concur with VF sharpness.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Canada
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VF-35 Details. Very nice find! |
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