Should I or Shouldn't I

snizzard · May 18, 2009

Found this 1827 Large Cent over the weekend,

I'm seriously thinking about cleaning it in some boiling hydrogen peroxide.

What do ya think, should I? :?:

Cherry Picker · May 18, 2009

Hum? decisions decisions. Nice coin

Elixir · May 18, 2009

I wouldnt, it looks nice the way it is

DougF · May 18, 2009

I wouldn't either - looks fine as is.

~Alan~ · May 18, 2009

I wouldn't take the risk either.

jewaugh · May 18, 2009

I wouldn't mess with it, It is a great looking coin as it is, nice chocolate patina.

Lowjiber · May 18, 2009

I vote to leave it alone too.

snizzard · May 18, 2009

doesnt anyone think it will be worth more if it was cleaned?

swaits · May 18, 2009

snizzard said:
doesnt anyone think it will be worth more if it was cleaned?

Definitely not.

scout23 · May 18, 2009

Hello Snizzard

You should not clean old coins, in fact you can take away value if you do...Tom

13rannon · May 18, 2009

Ya, just throw it in a display and look at it. Can't you just be happy you found it in the first place? lol

snizzard · May 18, 2009

The value is in the eye of the beholder.
A nice clean well struck coin looks better to the majority than does something you just dug out of the ground.

My question is does this have the potential of being a high value coin?

Its been in the ground 150 years, it could be AU?

SeabeeRon · May 19, 2009

Great coin find, but leave it alone!

snizzard · May 19, 2009

Since it unanimous, for now I will leave the coin as is.
Even though no ones has given me any real reason not to.
Except don't do it.

I'm leaving all my options open. :sniff:

James Huffman · May 20, 2009

snizzard said:
Even though no ones has given me any real reason not to.

I am going with everyone else don't clean it. The reason not to is that it is in great shape already and you could end up making it look horrible or even ruining it. This site has some good info

http://www.24carat.co.uk/cleaningcoinsframe.html

NiagracountyNY · May 20, 2009

I wouldnt clean it anymore.if it had chunks of corrosion that would be diff..It looks nice alrdy.

snizzard · May 21, 2009

ICE wins!

I'm going with ICE's opinion and the Large Marge is getting a bath of
boiling hyrogen peroxide this weekend.

:spin:

:spin:

~Alan~ · May 22, 2009

snizzard said:
I'm going with ICE's opinion and the Large Marge is getting a bath of
boiling hyrogen peroxide this weekend.

:spin::spin:

Be very careful :shock:

beerdoodle · May 22, 2009

That,s a minimum 20 dollar coin. If you wreck it, it,s a tiddly wink. I would leave it alone. Looks fine as it is.

Cfmct · May 22, 2009

snizzard said:
The value is in the eye of the beholder.
A nice clean well struck coin looks better to the majority than does something you just dug out of the ground.

My question is does this have the potential of being a high value coin?

Its been in the ground 150 years, it could be AU?

If you clean it you can destroy its value... leave it to a professional to clean it... just about everyone has given you the proper advice here..

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