1820 Large cent

[Fast Ed]

Found at the same Baptist Church parsonage where I dug the Civil War era match safe. I couldn't read the last two numbers of the date after brushing the dried dirt so I decided to do a hot peroxide dip and Q tip after a few hours. I then was able to see the date but not without a magnifying glass. Continued to do three more dips/cleans but it didn't get much better. Since I'm keeping the coin and its not a rare date I did the worn #600 sand paper treatment just to get the date and other features to stand out a bit and this is how she looks...Love these big coins!!

 

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[pong12211]

Nice coin.. Keep it up.. You sure are making some good finds.. Congrat.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Looks great before and after.

 

[John_Deere]

Nice finds! Congrats and HH!

 

[cjon455]

nice digs!

 

[JohnnyMac]

cool LC

 

[Fast Ed]

Thanks everyone......I hope folks don't look at posting finds as bragging. Just want to share