Posted 07/07/2010 1:57 pm
Thank you! Needless to say, I'm still shaking!
About two or three years ago, we found an 1865. Of course, that one's alloyed-Cu. It took paint stripper (xylene) and some hard scrubbing with an old, sawed-off toothbrush to bring up the details on the severely-corroded surface, but it turned out we had got the so-called "Fancy 5' variety. That was the earliest IHC we had found before this one. This one only has it beat by three years, but it's in much better shape (G4, perhaps a little damaged?), and it's our first Cu-Ni! And just when things were going dark for us on halves, we switch back to cents, and bingo!
About two or three years ago, we found an 1865. Of course, that one's alloyed-Cu. It took paint stripper (xylene) and some hard scrubbing with an old, sawed-off toothbrush to bring up the details on the severely-corroded surface, but it turned out we had got the so-called "Fancy 5' variety. That was the earliest IHC we had found before this one. This one only has it beat by three years, but it's in much better shape (G4, perhaps a little damaged?), and it's our first Cu-Ni! And just when things were going dark for us on halves, we switch back to cents, and bingo!
) And Lori, welcome, and the luck is on its way!
