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Title: coin year please Post by: balaclava on January 29, 2012, 03:17:35 PM well 2012 has started good for me iv been out 6 times and had silver all but one session, iv had two of these this year but the first one was not so good. anyway can some one please tell me the year of this coin, the last three numerals are very clear. also as you can see reverse there is what was left of an old penny i pulled off, how can i get this off? looking forward to meeting you all on the rally ;D
Title: Re: cion year please Post by: Chef Geoff on January 29, 2012, 03:31:14 PM Two :o :o :o :o I got my first one last year after waiting 33 years ;D They are beautiful coins, well done Balaclava. This one is 1874
Title: Re: cion year please Post by: balaclava on January 29, 2012, 03:37:04 PM thanks chef they are lovely coins any idea how to remove the other coin crust off it?
Title: Re: coin year please Post by: silky on January 29, 2012, 03:55:48 PM nice find im still waiting for a big vicy ,a ultrasonic cleaner might lift some of the crusty stuff off ,or try soaking coin in lemon juice .
Title: Re: coin year please Post by: balaclava on January 29, 2012, 04:10:36 PM how about electrolysis ???
Title: Re: coin year please Post by: dances with badgers on January 29, 2012, 04:24:56 PM lovely coins i had a copy one last year and got 16 quid on fleabay for it.weldone
Title: Re: coin year please Post by: Zeus (Joel) on January 29, 2012, 04:52:44 PM I've got one that was stuck to another coin and have yet to remove all the crud from it and i've tried everything. Just got finished cleaning some of my silver including this one in a glass of water with denture tablets and left them for about an hour and they came up very nice. Mind you all the crud still not off but i wont be trying anything else on it i will just leave it as it is.
When i 1st found it (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa71/zeus98765/photo2-19.jpg) After all the cleaning (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa71/zeus98765/photo.jpg) |