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Thought this was pretty neat. I'm about 2/3s of the way though a box of pennies. It's been a really good box so far. Tons of copper. 5 wheats. 1947 Canadian cent. AND... At first I wasn't sure what I'd found. It was covered and caked in gunk. I thought I'd found another Wheat cent as I thought I could sort of see some wheat stalks. I let it soak in H2O2 for about an hour. Every 15 minutes or so I'd rub on it gently with a q-tip. Once the peroxide had quit doing it's thing I was able to make out the date, the ON CE of ONE CENT, and the outline of liberty. I've spent nearly 2 hours fiddling with the images trying to get the details to come out, but the cent is pretty hopeless. There's a little more detail visible than what the images show... but not much. It's corroded and falling apart, but... Check out MY NEW FAVORITE Indian!   I still have 17 roll left to go through, but I'm pretty sure I've already found the highlight. (I thought it was going to be the 1947 Canadian and was going to do a post on that once I was finished, but I HAD to stop and write about this!) (Any chance I can pass this thing off as BU on ebay?!?) |
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1868? That would be very intersting if it has been circulating for that long. If it has, you should let it go back into circulation :P
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To me it looks like it spent a good portion of it's life in the ground. I wouldn't be surprised if someone didn't dig it up detecting or by accident and threw it in their coin jar and from there it went back into circulation. It was only recognizable as a cent, you couldn't tell what type of cent it was though. The peroxide bath just barely made it readable. From the looks of it, it hasn't been identifiable in several decades.
Funny thing is I was hoping to find an indian in circulation, but one that was dated from the 20th century. I've got nearly a complete 20th century type set put together of coins pulled from circulation. Just missing the Barbers, Silver Dollars, and the indian. Guess I'll have to keep searching! :)
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send to SGS. you may be able to get an MS60RB out of it, but it would probably only reach AU.
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That's a great idea!
It gives me the idea for a contest.
[begin idea}
Guess the Grade
Up for grabs today is one BEAUTIFUL penny! This cent was made way back in 1867 and according to SGS looks like it just left the mint!
This penny can be yours, all you need to do is Guess The Grade! That's it! Just take what you know about SGS and use your own grading skills to determine the grade SGS gave this penny!
[/begin idea}
I seriously think I'll do that for my 500th post.
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Even an old coin like that is fun to find--congrats!
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If you continue to soak it in water, use distilled water. You can also soak it in olive oil to help loosen the crud. You may have to soak it for months before you can start to get it cleaned up. Congrats on the find!
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This is not a "problem free" coin !....  But congrats on finding it......anything old is still pretty cool !...  |
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I'm not a big fan of using oils except as a final measure as it limits other cleaning methods. (The peroxide bath won't work on coins that have been soaked in oil.)
I think this coin is in as good of shape as it's going to get. Looking at it closely I don't see any more crud that could come off of it. The copper is starting to flake on both the front and the back.
After letting it soak for a little longer, I have a correction to make though... This is an 1887 cent not an 1867. I'm going to let it soak for a few more hours just to make sure that that won't help matters any more. I think the peroxide has done as much good as it's going to do but it isn't like it's going to hurt the coin any more than it already is.
After that I suspect it'll go into a 2x2 until such time as I send it off to get graded.
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such time as I send it off to get graded I assume you are kidding about that, right? That is a terrific find in circulation! |
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Posted 07/22/2008 10:11 pm
