This one is fun...restoration of steel cent found in pocket spill! *lots-o-pics*

ashleysflyr

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I found this steel cent at a hunted out courthouse...here's the post...
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,275763.0.html
Anyway, I found it sandwitched between some coins, and, at first I couldn't figure out what it was, until I got the light on it
steel lincoln as dug.JPG
steel lincoln as dug.JPG
So, I did some research on electrolysis...isys...whatever...and came up with this setup with a cellphone charger...
back before.JPG
tested it on some stuff and decided it was time to do the penny. I used a TBS of salt, 2 drops lemon juice, and warm water, with the cellphone charger for a "KATANA." and then touched it up just a bit with steel wool. Since then I have done some nice stuff (all in about a month) to include a 50 year old USMC KABAR that had been through a fire and buried, look for the posts...
Here's the penny afters!!!
settup.JPG
1943 D lincoln after.JPG
front after.JPG
edge view.JPG
Here's a pic of an uncirculated 43 "D"
back after.JPG
And a back for comparison...
lincoln_wheat_penny.JPG
And here's what I made my wife while I waited for it to "cook"...
wheatrev_000.jpg
TOO MANY HOBBIES!!!
Whatcha think? Thanks for lookin'!

~Tom
 

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Re: This one is fun...restoration of steel cent found in pocket spill! *lots-o-p

Looks good, never found a steel cent that I could identify as such.
 

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