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Valued Member
United States
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Unbelievable surface find by my friend near a known old homestead in eastern Nebraska. After lots of rain lately it was in a washout along with some old gardening tools. Insane condition. Wonder who from New Orleans back in the day made their way all the way up to Nebraska. Cool to think about.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Please crop and enlarge these images. Clearly this has been cleaned, did not come out of the ground looking like this.
Edited by Coinfrog
08/14/2024 7:45 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Definitely has been cleaned unfortunately.  Still a cool find.  Errers and Varietys.
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Valued Member
 United States
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He FaceTimed me still there and is sitting on the bench on the trail. The entire area had freshly washed out after multiple storms, and flooding. In a washout peeking out of mud. He wiped off the wet mud (which I told him was a mistake) and then got it under water. Other than that it was not cleaned. That area has had 8 feet of water thru it over the last week
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Bedrock of the Community
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Hmmmm.......that coin is in pretty good shape and yes, looks abrasively cleaned.  |
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Moderator
United States
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Wiping the coin with mud on it,or just wiping it at all scratched it up lowering any value. Still a neat find. John1  |
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United States
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Fun find indeed. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Valued Member
United States
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I wonder what effect a sonic cleaner would have on coins. Probably better than whatever was used in this case. Nice details, though.
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United States
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Very nice! |
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Pillar of the Community
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Regardless of cleaned or not cleaned, it's a really cool thing to find laying on the ground after a storm. A tiny little treasure from history.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wonderful find! That is super fun!!
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United States
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The cleaning is a shame. I have seen worse. Also, this was a find, not a buy, so what? |
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United States
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I have seen worse. Also, this was a find, not a buy, so what? Just because a coin is a find does not mean it cannot be well conserved. |
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Just because a coin is a find does not mean it cannot be well conserved. Fair enough. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Silver coins often come out of the ground looking cleaned, I've found a bunch of them. May have something to do with movement in the soil or acidic soil but they always come out of the ground shiny and cleaned looking in my area.
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Posted 08/14/2024 11:14 pm
