Vfox Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 Junk bin find, I thought it might have been an ancient until I looked closer! Although I am not sure if it's a draped bust or older style, it's pretty corroded, but still, for $0.25, I am NOT complaining! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dprice Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 AG-1 I would have bought 10 of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCanadianM Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 Wow, nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dprice Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 Looks like cleaning gone bad. Dont dip you coins. Great buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostDutchman Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 geeze something ate that poor coin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaddevil Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 i cant c anything only holes some1 butcherd this coin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted July 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 I know the photos kinda suck, but it's a US half cent, appears to be a draped bust, but possibly an older variety, hard to tell. Also, it was a 0.25 bin find, and I didn't clean it, although at the stage it's in, I may hit it with some jewelers steel wool and try and force more detail out. It's the same method with old junk colonial half pennies to let you actually see the detail under all that corrosion and grime. Normally though I would tell anyone, just as Dprice, to NEVER clean a coin, it will completely devalue it. This coin on the otherhand is already essentially worthless, so I have no problems doing so. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustin43160 Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 too bad people dont know better i thnk there should be a law no cleaning coins!!!! dustin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaddevil Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 cleaning coins shall be punishable by death by throwing the person who cleaned the coin in hot lava an then diped in sulphuric acid until thier face is bearly reconisable by the Coin Collecters Law Enforcement (aka C.C.L.E ) beware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustin43160 Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 cleaning coins shall be punishable by death by throwing the person who cleaned the coin in hot lava an then diped in sulphuric acid until thier face is bearly reconisable by the Coin Collecters Law Enforcement (aka C.C.L.E ) beware haha im with ya!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaddevil Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 haha im with ya!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 Good find. I'd have purchased it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burks Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 I can't ID it perfectly either but it's still a darn nice find for a quarter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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