Cherry Picker
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After the discussion the other day about cleaning coins, I decided to take a look at some of my older keepers. I was a bit dissapointed in the looks of one of my best condition coins I had found. It has been kept in a ziploc bag by its lonesome, but it looks like the plastic bag is having a reaction to the coin.
These are 3 of my favorite silver coin keepers. Not so much for the condition, but the locations where they were found. The 1835 half dime is my oldest US coin. Found along the Santa Fe Trail near an unknown, except to me, campsite. I'm speculating, but The camp site only dates back to the mid and later 1840s. I feel the 1835 is in too good a condition to have been in circulation for around 10 years, so I like to believe it was lost by a traveller on the Santa Fe Trail. It has had only water run on it.
The 1857, as you can see, was rubbed in the field. My oldest coin was found at the crossing of the Santa Fe Trail and the Arkansas River. The shortcut to Santa Fe. There was a watering hole on the north side where travellers would camp before making the crossing. Or not. Now, Wright Park.
The 1877 is the stumper. I found it some years back at the same crossing as mentioned before, but was found in like mint condition. Now, having been in the bag for so long, the tone has gone sour and ugly. You would never know they were the same coin as the originals show.
What do you keep your keeper coins in to preserve the original condition? I don't want to have to buy 20 half-dime holders for one half dime.
Thanks
The original 1877 before storage.
These are 3 of my favorite silver coin keepers. Not so much for the condition, but the locations where they were found. The 1835 half dime is my oldest US coin. Found along the Santa Fe Trail near an unknown, except to me, campsite. I'm speculating, but The camp site only dates back to the mid and later 1840s. I feel the 1835 is in too good a condition to have been in circulation for around 10 years, so I like to believe it was lost by a traveller on the Santa Fe Trail. It has had only water run on it.
The 1857, as you can see, was rubbed in the field. My oldest coin was found at the crossing of the Santa Fe Trail and the Arkansas River. The shortcut to Santa Fe. There was a watering hole on the north side where travellers would camp before making the crossing. Or not. Now, Wright Park.
The 1877 is the stumper. I found it some years back at the same crossing as mentioned before, but was found in like mint condition. Now, having been in the bag for so long, the tone has gone sour and ugly. You would never know they were the same coin as the originals show.
What do you keep your keeper coins in to preserve the original condition? I don't want to have to buy 20 half-dime holders for one half dime.
Thanks
The original 1877 before storage.
