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Valued Member
United States
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Pretty amazing find while cashing in some almost worthless change. Questions are as follows: 1. Should I have to professionally cleaned by a PCGS or the likes OR leave it crusty and somewhat toned? 2. Any idea on the grade or even the value?   |
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Moderator
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Grade,maybe a VF-20 Value,less than $10 Not worth professional cleaning. John1  Edited by John1
12/16/2017 09:37 am
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Valued Member
 United States
76 Posts |
So if I put it in acetone it won't devalue the coin ... will it?
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Moderator
United States
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So if I put it in acetone it won't devalue the coin ... will it?
Depending upon what's on the coin, acetone may or may not do anything at all for the surfaces. If it does, it's time to wonder what those surfaces will look like compared to the rest of the coin. If you remove everything, it'll be "too clean" for a circulated coin. If only part of it is removed, then only part of the surfaces will look "cleaner" and you'll have a coin which has obviously been cleaned. Sometimes, it's better to leave well enough alone. Then again, it's tough, from these images, to determine exactly what's wrong with the coin, or even effectively grade it. Is there any of LIBERTY showing on the band? |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 leave it as is. Almost anything attempted for improvement is likely to backfire. Leave it crusty. Great find. Congratulations. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
leave it , not a rare coin but great for a coin star find .
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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For sure. |
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United States
2125 Posts |
I would leave it alone only because there looks to be some rim damage. Otherwise it looks to be XF details. A clearer picture would help.
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks for all the feedback and advice folks. I believe that you're right. Someone asked for better pics. I am not sure if this helps.   |
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Moderator
United States
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Indeed a lovely find for a Coinstar machine ... but alas a common date with several circulation wear issues. Put it away as the start of your Barber dime collection ... thats the best you will get from this coin other than melt silver value. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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choice vf. nice find  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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I agree with leaving it be. I don't think acetone will do much, if anything, for it. Nice find!  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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Posted 12/16/2017 09:39 am
