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1973 S Lincoln Rainbow

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 Posted 03/07/2025  6:44 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Gigi2 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I saw this coin in a roll of old-ish coins. It stood out due to its luster, but it had a glob of crud? on it and I couldn't help myself. I wiped it with some MS70 and a cotton swab. It brought out this rainbow hue...iridescent . The photos don't begin to show how much. Did I ruin a coin that someone might have wanted?


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 Posted 03/07/2025  7:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks lightly circulated, so it doesn't matter, since it's only worth face value. I wouldn't recommend doing it to a coin of value. Only use 100% pure acetone or Verdi-Care.
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 Posted 03/07/2025  7:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add donnie59 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's a good looking coin, and I don't think you ruined anything.
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 Posted 03/07/2025  8:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oddguy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You did not ruin it. I will give you one cent for it, looks cool.
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 Posted 03/07/2025  9:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice toning. I'd part with 10 cents for this one.
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 Posted 03/07/2025  9:14 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Gigi2 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks. Since it's an S mint, I think I'll put it back. If I need to fill another penny album for someone, this might come in handy,
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 Posted 03/08/2025  09:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dearborn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I tend to agree with everyone here, a nice looking cent that was not ruined. It is a coin worthy of an album placement.
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 Posted 03/08/2025  11:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coin rejector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I agree, nice looking toned LMC!
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 Posted 03/08/2025  12:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sharks to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@Gigi2: a very nicely toned 1973 S cent.
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