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Valued Member
United States
101 Posts |
One of most interesting finds. It was on the high tide line, about 12 inches deep. Would anyone have an idea about how to clean this, or should it be left alone. On one end is the copper coin, other end is a shark tooth. Got to be the find of the century. Thanks for the help and ideas.  |
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Moderator
 United States
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I would not touch a thing--just get it into some sort of holder to protect it. I agree that having a coin connected to a tooth is an oddity and anything you might do might separate them. Any chance of you posting a pic of the other side? I'm wondering if we can identify the date.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Valued Member
 United States
101 Posts |
I will post if you want. Nothing really to see. I was able to get this much, cleaning with my finger.
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
5172 Posts |
The coin appears to be a LMC. I suspected a Zincoln, but now that I think of it, a Zincoln after that long in water would've looked a lot worse. I agree that it should be left as is; it would've been nice if the date was readable, but I wouldn't be very surprised if your finger already scraped it away. |
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Valued Member
United States
101 Posts |
This is a pic of the back side of the coin.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3098 Posts |
Here my first thought was Spanish! And it turns out to be a Zincoln.
Still, an interesting find and one worth saving.
Paul Bulgerin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1316 Posts |
I recently moved out of Florida. One of my favorite pastimes was collecting sharks teeth in Venice. As a coin collector and shark teeth collector, this is unquestionably the coolest thing I've seen in a while. Congrats on this amazing act of randomness!
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Valued Member
United States
318 Posts |
Do you realize what all had to happen for a shark tooth to become embedded into the whatever that is that is growing on the coin? As others have suggested, it is a piece of art, put it into a holder to display it. Probably took many many years for that all to mesh together.
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Valued Member
United States
325 Posts |
Cliff Claven would identify that as a "Piece of 0.01, with optional shark's tooth."
I'd call it "unconscious conceptual art." Maybe it means, "The sharks of this world will try to get even your last penny" or maybe "Shark finally gets just desserts for absconding with victim's last penny."
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Have you thought about sending it to a TPGS?  |
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