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Just for fun... After seeing some other postings of pennies with ooh-ing and aah-ing because they were some kind of rare variants I was blissfully unaware of, I'm posting something I just found in my pocket that's somewhat less boring than the new "shield" pennies that make me feel like things have gotten even more dystopian than I was afraid of. (I miss the 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial pennies, which hardly show up any more.) Is it un-rare enough to try some new cleaning methods? I have a bottle of Gojo citrus-based waterless hand cleaner, and Goo Gone, as well as acetone.   *** Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Bedrock of the Community
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 Definitely worth saving, keep us up to date. |
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Im curious just to see how "clean" you could make this coin. It'd be a good experiment with the various chemicals used. Quote:
(I miss the 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial pennies, which hardly show up any more.) It baffles me when I see this all the time. I get tons of them here in Minnesota. (tons meaning anywhere from 10-20 per $25 box) I've been starting to think that a bunch must have been distributed to the Reserve in Minneapolis, just like how a bunch of the 09 nickels ended up in Puerto Rico. |
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This is after a little acetone, rolled on with a q-tip. There's something going on by the year. It must be an optical illusion, but it looks like something raised on the coin is coming out of Lincoln's chest.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Verdi-care would seem a logical choice at this point.
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Pillar of the Community
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This gives new meaning to "Crusty original"!
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Rest in Peace
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I would not hesitate to send it in .  |
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It would be interesting to see the result after verdi-care, for sure. Just to see. If you don't already have some, you should just have some on-hand, either way.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Why waste Verdi-Care on this?
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Why waste Verdi-Care on this?  Edited by BadThad
01/25/2019 5:31 pm
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I don't have Verdi-Care on hand, and not enough copper coins to justify getting some yet. All I have is pocket change and a bunch of pre-1982 pennies saved because they're each worth more than a penny, along with the older wheat pennies. I almost never find verdigris on a penny. The one I posted here is a real outlier for me. I happened to get another 1974 D at the same time, but that one was just very dirty. Maybe they had been lying around outdoors for a while, maybe lost in the snow and recovered the next spring.
Anyway, more photos to come; I found another waterless hand cleaner in the house, one with citrus cleaners and pumice, and I got a lot more cleaned off, to the point where the penny is now much more boring, and the details will now probably just say "cleaned using ill-advised methods." :)
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This is after using an old bottle of Permatex Fast Orange with pumice and citrus cleaners (it now uses synthetic solvents that are neither petroleum nor citrus, and has a version without pumice). It also has aloe, glycerin, lanolin, and jojoba oil, obviously made with hands and not coins in mind. :) The mark is still there by the year, and a soft pencil eraser didn't get rid of it, either. I could try some acetone next, and then one of those Mr. Clean white pads. [UPDATE: neither acetone nor the white pad made much of a difference. That mark by the year is entrenched.]   Edited by Pauldog
01/26/2019 7:49 pm
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Anyone else notice how much Lincoln's ear on this coin now resembles Mr. Spock's?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Now we're making progress. Maybe have a go with Barkeeper's Friend before sending off to a TPG. |
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Barkeeper's Friend contains oxalic acid, so instead I used a reddish-brownish nylon scouring pad. (I think that's one grade milder than the thick black grill-scrubbing pads. I had already tried a worn mild pad, which seems safe even for glass, but it didn't remove the mark by the year.) In my defense I'll say that the pad had been pretty well-used, so it didn't scratch as much as a new one. And it did the job. I don't need to put up the picture; you've all sufferend enough. :)
It was all worth it to uncover those Spock ears. (Who would've known...?) A lot of entertainment for a penny, and that penny is still worth a little more than 1¢ because of the copper content.
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01/27/2019 12:25 am
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