Can I Use Anything To Get A Date Off This Large Cent?

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bvalania Valued Member United States 458 Posts	Posted 11/14/2010 10:50 pm Anything I can use to get a readable date on this coin? Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 11/15/2010 02:20 am There are scientific techniques for determining the date, such as X ray crystallography, but such are outside the normal demands of the coin collector. The metal under the date would be less compressed than the metal next to the date, and so would show up in the test technique suggested. I do not think that the coin is anywhere near valuable enough to justify such a test. Report this Post to the Staff
Pinenut Valued Member United States 462 Posts	Posted 11/15/2010 04:42 am I don't think that crystallography will help too much with determining a date. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 11/15/2010 10:09 am Unless you suspect that to be some really rare coin, the best thing to do is write a date on it with a felt tipped marker. You could try many different methods but usually the cost of such things would make it all not to worth the cost. Report this Post to the Staff
bvalania Valued Member United States 458 Posts	Posted 11/15/2010 10:57 am In this condition it's worthless. My mom had found it and gave it to me. I just wanted to get a date off it out of curiosity. Someone had told me olive oil for a few days, rubbing on date with my thumb once a day. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 11/16/2010 10:23 am With a little work and pictures of the reverse I might be able to narrow it down further but I can tell it is from between 1820 and 1834. Report this Post to the Staff
bvalania Valued Member United States 458 Posts	Posted 11/16/2010 12:04 pm I'll get some more pics tonite. I let it soak overnite in olive oil and rubbed it. Most of the corrosion has come off and you can see copper now, still no help really with date. Report this Post to the Staff
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