All Time Best Loomis $25.00 Box With Two Questions.

Because I have two questions on two of the coins found I decided to give this subject its own topic.

What a box I picked up last week! This was box #5 on a very sub par year for hunting pennies. The action started early and stayed intense right down to the last roll.

To put this in perspective I'm somewhere between 800,000 and 1,000,000 pennies searched so some of the coins I'm going to share are special.

Here's the overall keeper count.

Indian Heads - (2) Hard to imagine I found two in one box. I did not find a single one last year nor in the first four boxes of this year but lo and behold I hit two on this box!

Wheats - (35) Yes that's right thirty five Wheat pennies.

Canadian - (24) I did find several examples from the 50's and 60's and these are always a little tough to come by.

2009 Bicentenial (8) Best count in two years.

Coppers - (436)

But let's get to the best of the best in this box and my two questions. I will list the pennies by date. Forgive the camera, it's not the best and does take away a bit from how nice some of these coins look.

Oldest coin was a 1905 Indian Head. Such a rare find in roll hunting.







The next is the most impressive cent I have ever found roll hunting. This 1907 has so much of it's original coloring left with wonderful detail. The coin came out of the second roll I opened and I was just floored.






Next came two 1920's which are always a great find.







And the second one.








Here comes the coin where my first question is. This 1926 you can see on the front where the damage is in and around Lincolns head. The damage itself appears very old. Is it at all possible this not PMD?






And this coin is my second question. This 1928 is simply amazing in it's shine especially on the reverse. There was however a piece of tape over the coin that I used a little warm water and dish soap to get the tape off. Whats left is this black mark where the tape was located. Could or should I use acetone in an attempt to clean this off?






Another shot of the area with the tape mark.





Lastly came this 1938 with also a lot of it's old luster and shine still intact. I think any cent before 1940 with any of it's original shine is an amazing find in circulation. This box produced some wonderful coins.
Again I apologize for the lousy camera.