04/23/06 Farm Field Finds

[bgscofield6]

Today's finds from an old farm field that I hunted with Keith from coinhunting.net.

3 Shield Nickels - unreadable dates, anyone have any cleaning ideas?
1868 IH Penny - pretty ate up
1869 Nickel Three Cent Piece - 1st ever
1876 Seated Dime in VF / XF, just has a stain on it - 1st ever

Also pictured is a 1911-D Wheat Penny that I found last week at an old house site.

 

[James N.D.]

You could maybe use a rock tumbler to try and clean the Nickels up a bit. Also get some Nic-A-Date Date Restorer for Nickels at your local coin shop and apply on the area of were the date would be. It is an acid that will eat the crud away from the surface and then it will bring out the date of the Nickels so you know how old they are. You can't ruin them since they don't have any dates on them so give it a try. It will take a few times for it to work. All you have to do is apply it to the date area and wait a few minutes until the acid turns black and wipe off and repeat the process until a visible date is seen. Good Luck and Nice Finds Bgscofield6.

 

[Ocean7]

no luck cleaning nickel at all. Baking soda, water, and toothbrush works well on copper to remove crud in some cases. Olive oil soaks work on some copper - may take long time.

Wright's liquid silver polish will remove that stain on silver.

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

Nice finds there. WTG............

Eddie

 

[James N.D.]

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