Opinion needed on this LC

Spartan84 · Nov 14, 2011

I plan on keeping this LC and never selling it. I would like to clean it up some. It has as you can see that black colored crud on it. I have used hot peroxide on other copper coins and tokens with good results. I was just wondering if it will hurt this LC as I have never used this method on one. Or should I just leave it alone :lol:

any advice is welcomed, thank you.

Xaquin · Nov 14, 2011

Much as I hate to say it, that coin looks great and I think that if you cleaned it you may end up regretting it.

but that's my LC

Jamflicker · Nov 14, 2011

I have never cleaned one but I remember seeing a post where someone used an SOS Pad and the results looked pretty good. I actually tried this method on a wheat this weekend that I couldn't read a date on and it worked well.

Spartan84 · Nov 14, 2011

Xaquin said:
Much as I hate to say it, that coin looks great and I think that if you cleaned it you may end up regretting it.

but that's my LC

Well that is what I am afraid of. If I do it there might be pitting and such underneath. The more I sat here and thought about it, the more I think I just might leave it.

Xaquin · Nov 14, 2011

(COINSTRUCK) said:
Well that is what I am afraid of. If I do it there might be pitting and such underneath. The more I sat here and thought about it, the more I think I just might leave it.

That's probably a good idea.

You MAY try Olive Oil for a while and then rub it with your thumb.

Iron Patch · Nov 14, 2011

I would hp it/clean it. A coin is much less likely to be pitted when it's covered in grime not corrosion. I have cleaned MANY such coins and have never made one worse. That having been said, they weren't dug, but your coin is very similar for condition. Cleaning a find can be a calculated risk and some should be left alone, but to me with a coin like that the small risk is worth the benefit of a much nicer looking coin.

PS: I never heat the peroxide and don't really understand why anyone does.

TripletDad · Nov 27, 2011

Toothpick? Plastic point of some type?

Is the crud loose enough to physically scrape off with a toothpick or some other type of probe? The scaping object should be tough enough to scrape off the junk without actually damaging the coin surface - copper is really soft, so maybe test first.

TripletDad · Nov 27, 2011

...and for pitting...

I use brown shoe polish and rub it into the surface with a finger. Makes it real shiny and fills in really good.

Beefcake · Nov 27, 2011

Try catchup... it's supposed to remove corrosion off of copper. Leave it on for aobut an hour and knock off the corrosion in the creases with a toothpic. A word of warning... LC's generally don't clean up well.. Fact, they often times end up worse in the end. Yours looks like it is in pretty good shape still.

Bonesquat · Nov 27, 2011

Looks fine as it is.

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