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Found my first old coin. Do I need to preserve it with anything?

waterdog15

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I couldn't believe it.
I found an 8 Reales 1819. It's very worn. But I was able to make out enough to snoop around on the internet and figure out what it is. It looks like it was minted in 1819. I'm sure it was on the beach for a long time. It's a silver coin. I soaked it in fresh water for a few days. Do I need to do anything else to presserve it? The coin has a hole in it where someone wore it for jewelry. Given it's rough shape, I'm sure it is worth way more to me than it would be to anyone else.
 
waterdog15 said:
I couldn't believe it.
I found an 8 Reales 1819. It's very worn. But I was able to make out enough to snoop around on the internet and figure out what it is. It looks like it was minted in 1819. I'm sure it was on the beach for a long time. It's a silver coin. I soaked it in fresh water for a few days. Do I need to do anything else to presserve it? The coin has a hole in it where someone wore it for jewelry. Given it's rough shape, I'm sure it is worth way more to me than it would be to anyone else.
 
I would love to see a pic of that. I found a 1843 * reales a will back and that is 0ne of the finds I like the most.Roadking
 
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