I'm not calling these restored.. rather they have been cleaned.. stripped bare because they were all beach finds..some were eroded obviously more than others..but none had details..all crusty.. I cleaned them when I found them 6 years ago..
Of course the 3 cent nickel with a good example of the candlestick error was the most corroded..(12 O'Clock position)..and the nicest one had a hole..lol..just my luck..but the shield nickel was fairly decent considering it was encrusted..it retained enough detail to reveal a die crack.. I stripped them down..soaked them in 95% ethanol and then just threw them in a old baby food jar to be honest..just took them out today for pics..never even put them in flips..stupid move..they got contact marks from being stored together..that's as bad as rubbing off dirt..
Of course the 3 cent nickel with a good example of the candlestick error was the most corroded..(12 O'Clock position)..and the nicest one had a hole..lol..just my luck..but the shield nickel was fairly decent considering it was encrusted..it retained enough detail to reveal a die crack.. I stripped them down..soaked them in 95% ethanol and then just threw them in a old baby food jar to be honest..just took them out today for pics..never even put them in flips..stupid move..they got contact marks from being stored together..that's as bad as rubbing off dirt..
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