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I went into an old barn and found a broken jar of disappointment.  I believe they are cents that make no cents to me. Has anyone else ever had an experience as saddening? Please feel free to share yours. Edited by My2cent
01/29/2021 10:09 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm green with envy!  |
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Ouch. Looks like they may have been placed in the glass container to protect them but that didn't work out so well.
That reminds me of my fear of being roll searching and finding a great variety .... on a parking lot coin!!
LOL at Grapes.
Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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Throw them in a jar of olive oil for 6 months - see what happens. It's not like your going to ruin them.....
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Oh my!   |
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If you throw them in a jar of olive oil for 6 months, they will blacken. You will end up with a lot of black disks, and will be just as hard to identify.
Not good. I have failed with cleaning late Roman bronze coins in this way.
Better to passivate the verdigris in a solution of sodium sesquicarbonate in a dish lined with aluminum foil.
Lots of good good Google information on how to make the above solution by mixing baking soda and washing soda.
One of the techniques museums use.
I seriously doubt if the coins are worth anything, but you will learn how recover more valuable bronze coins than these, later on.
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Thanks, I might have to try that solution for research sake.
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@msc, as long as you are learning, you could take a few and follow @roth's advice and take a few others and follow @sel's advice and then compare the results. I'd be interested to see this comparison if you can post it to this thread.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Well crap. What a giant bummer to find. I agree. Experiment away. Maybe split them into three groups and try a couple of different methods.
Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 |
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Appears to be a high percentage of memorial cents--maybe. Experiment away!
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Darn , what that jar of pennies could have been .  |
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Wow. Was going to give you a tip on cleaning steel cent but I just noticed they are memorials. Those are horrible
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Be sure to give us pics on what you do and on what works best.
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Doesn't sound like it's even worth the cost of the alchemy ingredients.
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I believe they are cents that make no cents to me.
Has anyone else ever had an experience as saddening?
Please feel free to share yours. Ah! Yes! If you'll allow. I purchased a box of BU LWC's in 2x2 manila envelopes (4 to an envelope) decades ago. knowing that the former owner took great care of his collection, I let them set as is for 40 or more years. When I went to explore, each treasure was wrapped in aluminum foil. Imagine what the electrolytic interaction between the copper ions and the aluminum ions did to the hundreds of coins. The aged aluminum foil, however, was pristine. Kevin |
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Posted 01/29/2021 10:19 pm
