First Wheat Cent Found!

shanegalang

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Did some hunting this past weekend with my brother in Deridder La. We hit a large field where the old high school sat. I'm excited as I found my 1rst goal, a wheat cent. Only problem is that of all the places it could be...its corroded on half of the date. I have tried peroxide and soap/ warm water. Far as I can tell from the blown up photo is that its a 1936 D. I'm not at all concerned with damage to the coin..........any suggestions on how to make the date readable? Perhaps electrolysis? Thanks for any and all input! Shane
 

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Good on you!

Here's a "simple" method but is not recommended for valuable cents. Fold a piece of aluminum foil and stick the cent in a rub hard between your fingers. Then repeat but with a piece of waxed paper with the wax side in.

It makes the ones you intend to keep look better but a collector will see the tiny scratched and know it's cleaned (or "whizzed"). In the case of a fairly worn coin it won't matter a bit.
 

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