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New Member
United States
28 Posts |
Cleaning suggestions or does the "never ever clean a coin" rule still apply?  |
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Valued Member
United States
467 Posts |
Uh..... Maybe a grinder? Wow,that is one messed up....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
672 Posts |
Electrolosis is that ones only hope...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
Looks like a 1943 steel cent. I have dug them like that, mixed in with other wheat's.
good luck on cleaning it .....
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New Member
 United States
28 Posts |
Sorry, I should have said the size. It's just a tad smaller than a half dollar.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4846 Posts |
my vote is thats a quarter
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
From the looks of that I'd take it to someplace where they can Xray it for hidden explosives.  Maybe rebury it for someone else in the far future.  Put it on ebay as a RARE, really old, antiqued relic from the lost continent of Atlantis. If you do make sure you state that it is UNSEARCHED.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
672 Posts |
If its that size it might be a steel punch out from an electrical box...perhaps not a coin at all. Where did you dig it?
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New Member
United States
28 Posts |
It is larger than a quarter and just a tad smaller than a half dollar. I had thought it might be a slug but it weighs quite a bit more than what I would expect if it were just a punched slug. Of course all that corrosion on there could be adding extra weight. Might also be a token of some sort. I dug it at the fairgrounds which dates to the mid 1880's. Think I'll just go with the electrolysis. Scrubbing and olive oil soaks haven't cleaned it up at all.
James...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
672 Posts |
Let us know what it turns out to be!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
I should have ask what size it was. So the steel cent is out.
I would agree it could be a token .. or maybe a medal .. but those
that I have dug do not rust like that.
I hope you can get it cleaned enough to get some sort of detail
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Valued Member
United States
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My vote: it's a button off a redcoat from Lexington, MA, the very fellow who fired the shot heard 'round the world.
May you one day be able to prove me wrong!
-SCS
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3294 Posts |
Yeah, I think that one is gone if it ever was a coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I've actually seen similar ones like that on Star Trek programs. Not sure if it was the Romulans or the Klingons that used those. Also, lately on a station by me they run old programs and one of them is called The Outer Limits. That coin was on one of those shows as a THING from another world. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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High probability that the object is iron, silver or gold would never become that encrusted unless it was from a shipwreck.
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New Member
United States
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Looks like Americanamafia was correct. After about 18 hours of zapping looks to be nothing but a punched out slug. Guess all of that built up corrosion and encrustation was giving it the extra weight. Musta been buried for quite a long time. Kinda disappointed...but as just a note of interest to biokemist6 re silver would never become that encrusted--I once got a batch of about 20 uncleaned Roman coins and one of them turned out to be a Faustina Sr silver denarius. Totally and heavily encrusted and looked very much like the photo of the "coin"" I posted here. The denarius itself was not corroded but it certainly was encrusted. I think that heavy encrustation was the only reason it ever got as far as me. No one suspected what was underneath. But thanks to all of you for your responses and input. Some of them were really "LOL".
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Posted 11/07/2010 5:46 pm
