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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I dont know if its possible to tell from a picture, but I suspect that this coin has been cleaned. It has an unusual finish that I have not seen before. And the first thing that came to mind was that it was cleaned by some kind of solvent. Thought?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Cleaned if the color was natural it would be brown
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Valued Member
United States
286 Posts |
The color is very unusual. Looks like it was put in an acid of some sort.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4846 Posts |
no, it wasn't acid, it was polisher. so, yes, it was cleaned
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4778 Posts |
No doubt cleaned, I think with an acid or chemical, maybe even put in ketchup and later left to retone? I have ketchup-cents that look like that.
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
659 Posts |
Definitly cleaned, no doubt about it
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
632 Posts |
Thanks. A bunch of other ones were also cleaned from some customer wrapped rolls. No key dates so doesn't really matter I guess.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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No doubt cleaned, I think with an acid or chemical, maybe even put in ketchup and later left to retone? I have ketchup-cents that look like that. I take it no kids there that eat french fries with that ketchup.  And coin that old, that beat up and that clean, hsd to be cleaned. |
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Valued Member
United States
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I found a 1942 that had a color like this
and my grandma soaked a few wheat pennies in bleach for me that looked like this
I told her once she told me what she was doing that it wasn't a good idea so she gave me the rest of the coins untouched
good thing she only cleaned a few 40s and 50s
I'd say though that it was cleaned in some sort of harsh liquid
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Pillar of the Community
United States
632 Posts |
I finished searching the rest of the rolls late last night and found whole rolls with cleaned coins. I wonder why the owner went through the trouble of cleaning them only to give them back to the bank. LOL!
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Posted 04/03/2011 8:57 pm
