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24HourForums.com > Supported Forums > Millennium’s U.S. Coins > Check out my 1907 IHC, if you haven't already seen it... |
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Lord Marcovan Original500© Member  Robertson Shinnick
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Some of you have no doubt already seen this- I posted the story over on my forum back in December, when I dug it. I just find it truly remarkable for a ground find. Even in our kind soil, they don't come out like this very often at all! This thing's gotta be AU58 details, at least. There's the faintest trace of "ground warts" on it, but only one or two. It's a common date and the third 1907 I've dug, but I think it is the nicest Indian I have found, in terms of preservation and condition. Just had to show off, er, I mean share.  Sorry I haven't visited here as often as I should've, me bein' a fellow coin geek and all...  
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That really is an amazing find due to the condition alone. I would say, hey, maybe it was lost after being kept by someone, like a collector, verses being lost as normal change way back when but the depth you found it at probably convinces you otherwise. Apparently it was simply lost as a newer coin. It's a great one! Thanks for showing it off, I mean sharing.
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shirohniichan Original500© Member  Obscurius per obscurum
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Very nice.At home that night, I carefully cleaned the 1907 Indian cent, giving it a gentle brushing with a fine-bristle brass wire brush, followed by a rub in a powdered sulfur and Vaseline paste. Is there a less abrasive way to clean old copper? Would olive oil, MS70, or something else work to gently remove clinging gunk?
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Lord Marcovan Original500© Member Robertson Shinnick
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Yes, there are less abrasive methods, but olive oil, et al take forever, and sometimes don't have what it takes to remove hard deposits. As you can see, though I sometimes (often) use abrasive cleaning techniques, I am careful in so doing. I would never use the brush on silver, but it isn't necessary on the majority of the silver I find. I often do need to use toothpaste on some of the silver, though, or baking soda on the really hard cases. And both of those are mildly abrasive. Sometimes I'm lucky and don't need to clean a coin at all- there's at least one Barber dime I can think of that's in my dug coin book that only required a quick rinse in water, and straight into the album it went. Those are the exception rather than the rule, however, just as this Indian cent is unusually nice. Usually they are much crustier than this.
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