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New Member
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Hello I'm new on here. Really glad to have found this forum. My question is should I have the back of this coin cleaned? I found it many years ago in change from a gas station. It's in pretty good shape except for the green line across the reverse. Thanks in advance any info would be helpful.   Edited by Dragons
04/20/2022 11:51 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You wouldn't clean it but you might want to conserve it. I would search (google) for and get hold of some VerdiCare which may be able to remove the verdigris eating away at your coin. Depending on how long it's been there, it may have eaten into the metal and removing it may reveal pits in the surface of the coin. The reason you want to conserve it with a product like VerdiCare is that the green verdigris is likely active and thus currently further eating into the coin. Solvents cannot restore metal that has been corroded, but can remove the agents currently on the coin that are further damaging it. Make sure you follow the instructions that come with the product if you choose to conserve it. Other than for the verdigris in the reverse stripe, it is a great looking coin.  IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you for the information I will definitely try using that on it. I hope it hasn't ate into the metal very much.i wanted to have it graded if it wasn't for the green spot.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What a find!!
First try soaking in 100% acetone. Pat the coin dry with a microfiber cloth. Don't rub or scrape the coin, that will only damage it. Then try VerdiCare. If neither work, then the stuff is stuck on there.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Unfortunately, if we take a closer look, it seems like the metal surfaces have been altered by a substance on the coin see red indicated areas. These areas seem pitted but stable as I don't se active verdigris/corrosion. The best you may be able to do is to mitigate further damage in the upper right quadrant of the coin where the green verdigris appears to be actively corroding the coin. The conservation isn't going to yield a highly valuable coin, but it can teach you how to properly deal with an issue that affects many copper coins. Let us know what you decide to do and how it goes.  IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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New Member
United States
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Thanks everyone for the information. I might try an acitone on it then try the verdicare I really hate it has eaten into the coin.
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New Member
United States
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I wonder how it would grade after taking care of the green spot. I'm sure allot less than if it didn't have it on it?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
600 Posts |
I'm guessing it would grade XF details, environmental damage. Even without the damage, it isn't worth the money to get it graded IMHO.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks to be a solid EF, but I would worry about ED as well. to the CCF! |
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United States
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To CCF , wow what a shame would have been a nice straight EF-45 if it wasn't for that reverse . Try to conserve with the Verdi-Care as much as you can but I'm afraid it will always be a details coin .  |
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