My First Shield and its a Crusty one!

[sodapoptop]

My First Shield and it's a Crusty one!

Found this 1867 Shield Nickel, my oldest nickel to date. My excitement was fast extinguished with the poor condition of this coin. It is funny how the ground wreaks havoc... the CRUST would not budge. Tried olive oil after hydrogen peroxide.... So after several days I decided to give the electrolysis a try. 700mA for 20 minutes..... what do you think? I could not believe how fast the CRUD came off.... Did I ruin my crusty cridder? I would never try this on a valuable coin, but this was a fun experiment. Thanks for lookin and Happy Hunting.

 

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[cedarratt]

Re: My First Shield and it's a Crusty one!

1867 No Rays variety In Good condition with all letters being readable it would only be worth 18$ and in the condition that it was in I would say that you did not ruin it. Pretty amazing how well the electrolysis worked on it.

 

[1491]

Re: My First Shield and it's a Crusty one!

Man, that coin has .... CHARACTER! Nice dig!

 

[Ray in CA]

Re: My First Shield and it's a Crusty one!

Man, that coin has .... CHARACTER! Nice dig!

I agree! It has like a craquelure effect going on, especially around the number 5. Very nice find and good job on the electrolysis.

Ray

 

[JerV3]

Re: My First Shield and it's a Crusty one!

Nice,

It's ugly but it is actually in not bad of shape. I;ve been fortunate enough to have found a small handful of sheilds. None of them are nice. My brother not long ago found 2 nice one in good shape.

HH Jer

 

[briankb70]

Re: My First Shield and it's a Crusty one!

very nice cleaning job

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Re: My First Shield and it's a Crusty one!

I'd say zapping it worked out good !!

Nice find !!

Keep @ It and HH!!

 

[history hunter]

Re: My First Shield and it's a Crusty one!

Very nice! I need a shield nickel.

 

[Nate in Ohio]

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I don't think you could have done a better job on it. Looks good! Still looking for my first shield nickel.

 

[Texasgopher]

Re: My First Shield and it's a Crusty one!

Looks great to me! It's one of the better electro jobs I've seen.

 

[DigginThePast]

Re: My First Shield and it's a Crusty one!

Looks good to me. Cool find.

 

[bucksguy81]

Re: My First Shield and it's a Crusty one!

Good job cleanin it up!

 

[randall61]

Re: My First Shield and it's a Crusty one!

hey jeff....congrats on shield ...i'd call any 1800s coin a good day.

go get some more,

Randall

 

[rjw4law]

Re: My First Shield and it's a Crusty one!

The old ones always let you know there are more around to be found....nice find.

 

[michigan michael]

Re: My First Shield and it's a Crusty one!

Nothing ventured nothing gained................ You gained a lot. Turned out pretty good!

 

[allen]

Re: My First Shield and it's a Crusty one!

that nickel looks alot better now than it did !!

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

Re: My First Shield and it's a Crusty one!

Whew thats toasty