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Pillar of the Community
United States
887 Posts |
Seller's pics. I picked this up recently to fill one of the holes in my IHC album. Looks like a decent amount of verdigris that I plan to treat, especially on the reverse. Will do an acetone soak followed by Verdicare. I'll be curious to see how she cleans up. Verdigris aside, thought it looked decent, pretty good feathers, four diamonds, not too many hits and what not. Thoughts?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
887 Posts |
Kbb, it definitely looks like a die clash, thanks for pointing that out. I will definitely take a closer look.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Decent example, should clean up well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2956 Posts |
Nice coin as others have pointed out  Also has the much more common round bust, as there is a variety of 1860 with a pointed bust, much like the 1864 bronze L vs no-L... |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18684 Posts |
might clean up nicely. post new photos when you do
the reverse may be the issue with quite a bit of verdigris. its pretty heavy in areas and when removed may show some problem areas under it
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36826 Posts |
Acetone should remove the gunk. Nice AU-50.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11898 Posts |
The obverse is beautiful. The reverse has a little verdigris around the shield, but areas immediately adjacent to the wreath, the arrows, ribbon bow and reverse lettering are showing corrosion into the metal. It is still a nice coin but I see an AU details 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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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Should end up as a very nice addition to your collection. The reverse will be a little difficult and timely to "restore".  Edited by Sharks
12/02/2023 3:37 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
959 Posts |
Obverse detail is better than on my PCGS AU53 slabbed 1860. Strong strike. Reverse might prove to be a challenge, though. Please post pictures of your results. I, too, have tried to "resurrect" some coins with mixed results.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8517 Posts |
That stuff will all come off. I've done enough of that type gunk that I know it's soft and removable. I use Verdicare and a toothpick and just take my time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
887 Posts |
Not the best pictures, but here are the results following an all day soak in acetone. Now going for a long soak in Verdicare.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks great, nice result. Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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repost after verdicare. it should even be better results. I'm still calling some issues under the remaining gunk
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36826 Posts |
A details coin. Corrosion has eaten into the surfaces.
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Posted 12/02/2023 01:11 am
