Silver VICKY quarter 1886!!!

[Gridwalker306]

I went to an old farmyard last night, a place I’ve been many times. Amongst a plethora of modern detritus I dug this Vicky quarter.

I could not believe it! Last time I dug a Vicky quarter was a spill of two of them in 2015. This is only my 3rd Victoria silver quarter in 11 years.

It was covered in the usual black gunk, and I noticed the silver itself was actually quite pitted.

I decided that since it’s never leaving my clutches, I would do electrolysis to make it look nicer. Then I finished with a little baking soda. I forgot to take a pic of the clean coin, but it was suuuper clean and shiny.

I then re-toned the coin with the boiled egg trick. I will leave the coin out in the open for a while to get even more tone.

 

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[ironhorse]

now that's a pretty decent restoration
awesome year in the series...no less than seven varieties and all of them in the pricy range if you're a buyer to collect
your example is a great hole to fill in a collection and to get one in a high grade is tough
Victoria silver is rare under the coil ..good job!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Nice find !

 

[Gridwalker306]

now that's a pretty decent restoration
awesome year in the series...no less than seven varieties and all of them in the pricy range if you're a buyer to collect
your example is a great hole to fill in a collection and to get one in a high grade is tough
Victoria silver is rare under the coil ..good job!

Thank Ironhorse. Honestly I was nervously about the cleanup but I’m happy with it. Now to dig out the loupe and coin book to determine the variety...

 

[jewelerguy]

great find!

 

[trdking]

I love it when I dig foreign currency. Nice find

 

[Digger RJ]

Very!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Jim in Idaho]

Gotta like that!
Jim

 

[Gridwalker306]

I love it when I dig foreign currency. Nice find

Thanks trd. I’m in Canada so it’s a domestic find for me!

 

[DigToChina]

Hey J, fantastic find and job of cleaning her up.

 

[Relicific]

Nice job on the Vicky quarter

 

[JeffInMass]

Great find and nice restoration!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congrats on the find and restoration!

 

[Truth]

I’ve never even heard of a Vicky Quarter but what a beautiful coin it is.

 

[lairmo]

Woah Vicky!! (sorry, U-T thing by Upchurch and Calhoun...lol)

 

[xcopperstax]

That is an awesome coin to find and you did a great restoration. What is the boiled egg trick? I've not heard of that one.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Excellent restoration, to a fantastic coin!
I bookmarked your post, for future reference in cleaning techniques.

 

[Gridwalker306]

I’ve never even heard of a Vicky Quarter but what a beautiful coin it is.

Thanks! Even in Canada they’re hard to find. Only 540,000 of the 1886 were minted so I was thrilled to find it.

 

[Gridwalker306]

That is an awesome coin to find and you did a great restoration. What is the boiled egg trick? I've not heard of that one.

Thanks, here is a link to the entire process. I’d never clean a super valuable coin, but sometimes they come out looking so terrible that it’s worth it. The only thing different is that I cleaned mine with electrolysis.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/cleaning-preservation/519393-cleaning-re-toning-silver-coin.html

 

[Gridwalker306]

Excellent restoration, to a fantastic coin!
I bookmarked your post, for future reference in cleaning techniques.

Thanks! See the link I posted above for a better set of instructions[emoji106]