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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hello and please bear with yet another cleaning question. This one though is specific to this coin. The coin was rinsed with distilled water. It was also given a 24 hour bath in acetone and then rinsed. Other than some light dirt being removed nothing else seemingly happened. I was hoping for better result. My question is given its current condition it seems that some MS70 would be of help since it is really undesirable as it stands. How much damage would I be inflicting on this coin if I used MS70. I know it would be classified as cleaned. I'm not looking at selling it just thinking it would have a little more appeal if a little cleaner. If this was to come to market,would the MS70 really be any worse than leaving as is? This is not my coin, it is my neighbor's who found it while searching for his lost wedding ring on the golf course. I know there are many opinions but I'm looking to determine if I would be better off leaving it or add a little 'prettiness' These were the best pictures my neighbor could produce but I think they show the relative condition.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That coin is basically a piece of silver bullion. Go ahead with the MS70 if you want. I'd do a quick dip and rinse with E-Z-est myself but whatever you have on hand is fine.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Face it - Nice find, but the coin is a goner. It's a common date, essentially a cull, and will never be worth more than melt value. Don't waste money on it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 with both above. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Super common date. It's never going to be worth more than silver value. Have at it if you wish. You can't really hurt it.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'd leave it as is and make a plaque using it and other finds - would make an interesting wall hanger.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
634 Posts |
Incredible find, but not incredible coin. I'd just leave it as is. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7618 Posts |
It's your coin and you can do whatever you want with it. In the old days it would get scrubbed up with a paste made of baking soda and water.
On this one it will end up looking crappy no matter what you do to it.
I like the idea of making it part of an "as found" display!
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
A pocket piece may be the way to go. Nice dig!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1842 Posts |
Pocket piece is a good idea. In my opinion, leaving it as is reminds you of the story of how it was found. If he didn't find his ring, maybe it's not such a great memory...
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
539 Posts |
thank you all for your input. It will of course be the coin owners call but he may end up using it as his ball marker. If that is the case, I may give a cleaning to it for him. I was thinking I couldn't make it worse than what it was but having a few other opinions helps solidify that for me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1314 Posts |
An opportunity to test the claims of coin cleaning products. Nice find. Have fun with it.
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Rest in Peace
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Grandma's Tarnix polished all her silverware for years...  |
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United States
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Pocket piece the only way to go... Dipping will make it look awful IMO.
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Pillar of the Community
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Dipping will make it look awful IMO. Before dip - after dip   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Perfect. Edited by Coinfrog
11/04/2017 3:17 pm
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Posted 11/03/2017 6:36 pm
