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Hankg New Member United States 7 Posts	Posted 12/12/2017 02:44 am I found this old coin but have no idea how to even estimate a grade. also how to store it would be appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff

spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 12/12/2017 03:17 am Maybe this link will help a bit: http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coi...n_coin=15011 Since it is iron, avoiding moisture and oxygen is the primary concern. Depending on the size (diameter), find an appropriately sized Air-Tite capsule to put it in. I hope this helps somewhat. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
Hankg New Member United States 7 Posts	Posted 12/12/2017 03:42 am are there any examples of different grades I can compare mine too? Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5239 Posts	Posted 12/12/2017 06:54 am From the lack of wear, I would say that it is at least AU. However, it has started to rust, like every one of them I have seen. However, whatever the catalogue price for an AU example is, the rust would knock quite a bit off the price, and any TPG would give it a "details" grade. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 12/12/2017 07:08 am A lovely coin in this condition. I have one of these, but it ain't half as nice as this one Made of iron. Iron much harder than bronze. Most often, corrosion gets at these now, before wear did when they were issued. You MUST keep this coin away from a moist atmosphere. Keep it away from PVC album pages as well. Mine HAS deteriorated a bit in the 30 or so years I have had it in my collection. (rust and darkening). Air tight capsule OK, but you may have trouble getting the capsule in an album page, unless it is fairly thin. Also consider to use a glue sealed 2x2, and not a stapled one. It would also help to seal it in a home made holder made acrylic plastic sheet, recovered from food packaging or toy packaging. Report this Post to the Staff
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