OH My God. 1921 5 Cent Silver. Is It Real?

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Skeletonwizard8 Valued Member United States 162 Posts	Posted 09/22/2022 8:39 pm Hello guys. I was going through some of my Canadian 5 cents, these ones came out of a very old album and all have this weird blue toning. I freaked out when I saw this. It looks XF-AU but with toning hiding a lot of the details. Sigma tested silver, weighs true. Need your opinion. Report this Post to the Staff

jimbucks Pillar of the Community United States 4691 Posts	Posted 09/22/2022 9:42 pm I'd give it an acetone bath. Report this Post to the Staff
1960NYGiants Pillar of the Community United States 666 Posts	Posted 09/22/2022 11:40 pm Looks good to me. It should be sent to a 3rd party grader (PCGS, ICCS, NGC) for authentication. An acetone bath and water rinse then dab dry (DO NOT RUB) should remove the gunk. Or when you send it for authentication you could have them conserve it. Good luck. LM of RCNA Member of CATC Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 09/22/2022 11:56 pm Great find! In this case, I would recommend using a TPG conservation service along with authentication/grading. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
Skeletonwizard8 Valued Member United States 162 Posts	Posted 09/23/2022 01:04 am Thanks guys. I'm consigning to great collections and I will have them do conservation for me. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 09/23/2022 03:13 am Maybe it IS one of the approximately 100 known. If this the case, then this one is probably 'known' as well, and should have some sort of provenance, which is well worth following up. If no provenance, it needs to be authenticated. Short cut for doing this is to submit to a TPGrader. They will not grade it, if, in their opinion, it is not genuine. Then consider a break out and conservation, and re submit. Otherwise, professional conservation may? be a waste of money Looks horrible as is. I think that this coin is genuine. I also think it is well worth the pain of re slabbing and conservation. Edited by sel_69l 09/23/2022 06:41 am Report this Post to the Staff
Beaver22 Valued Member Canada 59 Posts	Posted 09/23/2022 09:43 am I suggest you send it to a coin grading service to have it graded and verify its authenticity. If it's real, it's very valuable. Report this Post to the Staff
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