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Valued Member
United States
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Found this in my father's 1965 Nova under his seat, it was all gunked up I put it in my wife's ultrasonic jewelry cleaner I hope I didn't screw it up if it any value to me it looks like pocket change, what do you think?   |
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Moderator
 United States
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Never clean coins unless you know what you are doing. John1  |
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Valued Member
 United States
369 Posts |
I read ultrasonic was okay to use that's why I did it it wasn't much more dirtier than this was pretty clean but it had a piece of gum stuck on it
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United States
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Thing is,it has that cleaned look to it. The Ultra Sonic machine "shacks" the coin which can cause damage to the coin and whatever chemical you use as the "solution" may harm the coin as well.Luckly this coin had no premium to it,but if it was a valuable coin you would have lowered the value by at least 70%...IMHO. John1 |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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it is a common LWC with millions out there. the cleaning is very apparent and there are only a couple ways to clean a coin that are acceptable. Acetone or Verdicare. verdicare would have cleaned this up and preserved it as well. in this case since its such a common coin it didnt really matter. just don't use that again on a coin |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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EF-45 details, cleaned, rim nics.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very common, just a spender.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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In any event, nice find under the seat of a '65.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19935 Posts |
Very common coin, EF details, cleaned. Worth about 2 cents.
Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Valued Member
United States
369 Posts |
Using plain water I didn't put any chemicals in there but I understand but thank you
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Moderator
United States
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Plain tap water has chemicals in it. And there is still the vibration of the machine. John1 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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EF details, cleaned. You should never clean coins. Only use pure Acetone and Verdi-Care.
Errers and Varietys.
Edited by Errers and Varietys
12/01/2023 11:00 pm
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Valued Member
United States
369 Posts |
Cleaning is bad, what to use when details are junked up and you want to see what is behind that junk?
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Valued Member
United States
450 Posts |
So, You found an old penny, and it is worth (copper value) 2 times face value. Sounds like a deal to me. I keep all wheat cents. Find some Morgan dollars, but don't clean them. |
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Posted 12/01/2023 08:17 am
