My first old coin!!

brschroeder

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Nice one. Don't put any water on it, it only makes it worse. Try toothpicking the high spots to get a date or at least to find out what type it is. Congrats!
 

A big congrats on finding your oldest coin - a day you'll never forget for sure !
They stopped minting Large Cents in 1857.

Be careful - you can easily ruin old Copper coins if you clean them the wrong way !
As I've mentioned to others I gotten very good results cleaning old Copper coins with "Andre's Pencils".
They are very inexpensive and there's some good YouTube video's showing how they bring out detail on coins.
 

Congrats ! I still remember the first one I found.
 

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