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Valued Member
United States
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The soil around my neighborhood preserves coins very well, this one is exceptional though! It was found this summer at a nearby house.Although I must've nicked the edge a bit. This IHC was extremely well preserved and was dug around 4" Deep. It has been cleaned though with a toothbrush and water. I put a little wax on it as well to give it a wet look. It appears to still have original luster too in some areas.   *** Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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It has been cleaned though with a toothbrush and water. I put a little wax on it as well to give it a wet look  No, say it isn't so! You should never, I repeat, never take a toothbrush to any coin! Same goes for the wax. Once it was out of the dirt, a light rinse with distilled water, no rubbing or brushing! Would of probably been enough to get the soul off of it. Though it appears to be a beautiful coin, it has lost most of its value. In my opinion, the toothbrush and wax killed it.  Edited by Tootallious
01/06/2018 03:32 am
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 United States
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Yeah I thought I may have done too much cleaning but I seen posts on a metal detecting forum and toothbrush and parrafin wax was one method they used to clean a dug coin. I never sell coins and simply just like having them to display and look at.Since it is dug it wasnt gonna be worth much to begin with but it is very well preserved for a dug IHC. |
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United States
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An incredible IHC that came out of the ground . But your conservation method leaves little to be desired . I would have given it a long soak in distilled water ,then an application of Verdi-Care . You can purchase it on E-Bay .  You live and you learn ! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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AU details. It does look very good for being out of the ground, nice coin!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'm more like EF-45 straight from what I can see. Congrats!  to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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XF details, cleaned. Quote:
It has been cleaned though with a toothbrush and water. I put a little wax on it as well to give it a wet look. Never clean a coin with a toothbrush or wax. A light rinse in water is enough, if the coin is in such good condition. Unfortunately, even though it is such good condition, it has lost much of its value, because it was cleaned with toothbrush and wax. Soak it for a long time in distilled water, then clean it with Verdi-Care. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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au53
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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd go XF-45 details. Amazing the condition of this dug coin!
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