This is KILLING ME!!!!!!!!!

[civilman1]

I finally found my first LC last weekend and it's been killing me to find out the date on it.I've tried Don in SJersey's Peroxide method (4x) and have a little better detail on it but not enough.It's definetley a Matron Head(1816-1839).I have been playing around with the color's and contrast etc. and this is probably the best I came up with......I swear I see a "4" at the end,but who know's for sure.Any idea's.....or maybe another method of cleaning to at least see the date.Thank's and HH!!

 

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[BioProfessor]

DO NOT try chemical rust remover like I did?

Daryl

 

[EDDE]

maybe rub some baby powder on the date
or chalk

 

[Tin Nugget]

Wow Daryl, an experiment gone horribly wrong!

 

[Montana Jim]

Read the cleaning advice here... some say don't, but Don in South Jersey says...

Reply #35:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,120268.0.html

 

[Iron Patch]

It doesn't look like there is anything left to clean, if the detail is gone it's gone. Probably time to move on to finding the good one!

 

[Don in SJ]

It doesn't look like there is anything left to clean, if the detail is gone it's gone. Probably time to move on to finding the good one!

Sad but true, many large cents and colonials are that way and nothing can replace what has been wiped out by years of being in the ground and corroding away.

I get some like that also, just nothing else can be done but be happy if you can even get an ID of what the coin is in the first place.



Don

 

[tymcmurray]

Chec it out in orange.

 

[CRUSADER]

Chec it out in orange.

Looks like a 6 on the end

 

[jopher]

As someone stated...there may be nothing left to see.
As a last resort you could try fingertips and brasso.

 

[BioProfessor]

As a REALLY last resort. Use a sharpie.

Worked great on mine.

Daryl

 

[civilman1]

Damn Bio....At first I thought you were gonna say it was "chewed" I think this coin is DONE!!!! At least I know the Era,gotta be happy with that....HH!!

 

[jopher]

As a REALLY last resort. Use a sharpie.

Worked great on mine.

Daryl

Thats a classic.....love it .....Joe

 

[Monty]

Don't use electrolysis either! I found a decent 1907 V Nickel and ruined it. Monty