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New Member
United States
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found while metal detecting I know cleaning is a no-no but soap and water would not remove enough grime to see date or mint mark so used silver polishing cloth how bad did I hurt value or grade thanks   Edited by jamesrake
11/05/2018 7:46 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Interesting find for sure, and probably didn't have much value in its dug state, but what you've done here has essentially left the coin worthless.   to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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totally destroyed it, there where other options you could have tried, soaking it in olive oil, acetone soak, soap and water soak, but never silver polish, I am not familiar with US coins, so maybe there is a chance it can be a whole filler.. but someone with more knowledge will be along to help you with that.. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Harshly cleaned and damaged. Silver polish is one of the worst possible things used to clean a coin. Better is a soak in 100% acetone/distilled water. Even soaking in soap and water is better. to the CCF! |
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New Member
 United States
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thanks for responses figured it was wrong but soaked insoap and water for a day to no avail had this cloth so gave it a try at least now I can see what I have lol thanks again
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Pillar of the Community
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Oh - well when you said cleaned it I guess you did! That's pretty bad. Value? Not anymore.
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Pillar of the Community
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at least now I can see what I have Yeah - a pocket piece or a golfball marker  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Fine details, cleaned, damaged.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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if you find any more coins that may have some value post them first to get recommendations to see if anything can be done
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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vf details harshly cleaned
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Posted 11/05/2018 7:51 pm
