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1900 V Nickel

Nice find! Sounds like a great site.
 
Congrats. on your first V. I was really excited to get my first. Although your pic is blurry, it seems to be very discolored like mine was and here is how I cleaned it in case you are interested. Drop it in pure lemon juice for a day or two. Then carefully take very fine steel wool and work the surfaces until It shines like new.
Hope this helps
Chuck
 
i was getting ready to ask how to clean it.i was told proxide and baking soda.i was thinking about that but sounds like lemon juice sounds better.
 
Peroxide will get the dirt off but to get it back to that Nickel shine, you have to do the lemon juice and steel wool route. Just do not rub to hard to obscure the details. Post a photo for us when you can.
Thanks
Chuck
 
Steel wool??? Are you guys serious? I have always read on here that coins should not be cleaned to preserve their value. Steel wool???? It would have to be #0000 or finer, so as not to leave a bunch of scratches! Admittedly, I'm relatively new to this game, so, I could be way off base. Someone please correct me, if so.
 
Of course, I would never use this method on a key date coin but a lot of nickels, especially old V's come out of the ground as black of coal. Yes of course you need the very finest grade and work carefully. It worked very well on mine!
 
I have several shield and v nickles. They are not worth much. I think a cleaning lkie this would not hurt at all. im going to try it. Do you use bottled lemon juice or those plastic ones?
 
i use real lime.cut it and squeezed the juice in a little cup and let it set for couple days.then use a very fine steel wool to polish.it looks better then it did but still hard to see it
 
It looks tons better than the original. Just a suggestion, not sure what kind of camera you are using but I use the macro setting on mine with a cheap tabletop tripod. Makes very clear photos of coins.
 
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