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Pillar of the Community
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 .... to the Community! Nice find! How did you determine it's been in a corn field for only 40 years! Did you lose it there 40 years ago? |
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How did you determine it's been in a corn field for only 40 years! Did you lose it there 40 years ago? That's what I was going to ask. John1  |
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Maybe they have been searching for 40 years.
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Rest in Peace
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Bedrock of the Community
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Unclear for sure!  to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks like it was an AU coin when it went in the ground. Still a nice find even with the environmental damage.
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So, I don't know how to respond to each and every one who posts, but it has been OUT of a corn field for the last 40 years. Sorry for the confusion. While detasseling corn, way back in 1975-78, a work friend and I were walking up a corn row, he threw a rock at me, in jest, and I picked up the first thing that I saw to throw back...first though it was a beer cap...fortunately, I looked first, and I saw this in my hand! I never had a chance to return to that corn field, I suspect it was an old homestead.
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Pillar of the Community
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Incredible find and a great story to go with it. Reminds me of the 1851 large cent that my great great grandfather carried as a pocket piece many decades ago (he died in the early 1940s). Judging from the surface, I suspect it spent some time in the ground before he had it, which is plausible since that part of Wisconsin has been settled since the early 1850s. It now resides in an air-tight in my SDB. Shown here in a pic from the day my grandmother gave it to me, mid-2015 with my own then-current crop of pocket pieces.  Edited by hcmusicguy
10/09/2019 10:05 am
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IndianGoldEagle, hcmusicguy, Thank you both for your opinion. New in this game. What is the best way to clean it, or not, and keep its quality...It has been in a box with many other coins from when I found it and gave it to my father 40 years ago. Back when I was a kid, we used to take a pencil eraser to our pennies to make them shine...not sure if that is a good thing with a 1845 large cent...
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New Member
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westernsky, Thanks for the welcome...I found it 40 years ago, not sure how long it was in the ground before that...I guess my post was not too clear about the history, sorry.
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New Member
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Coinfrog Thanks for the welcome...I found it 40 years ago, not sure how long it was in the ground before that...I guess my post was not too clear about the history, sorry.
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Bedrock of the Community
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NOOOOO. do not clean this coin with anything. there is only one thing you can do to preserve it and that would be to give a Verdicare soak
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Pillar of the Community
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I concur with the others....leave it as is.
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Pillar of the Community
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Cleaning it, or trying to make it look better, will ruin it and its value if you aren't careful and are clueless about what you are doing.
Your best bet is to leave it alone for now and learn all you can about "conservation" before attempting any sort of coin cleaning.
Many coins have been destroyed by cleaning. Don't add this one to the pile!
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Posted 10/08/2019 12:32 am
