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Page 1 of 2 1 2 >   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 10-19-2008, 11:01 PM   #1 (permalink) FreakyGarrettC Wise young snail     Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: im in ur fridge eatin ur foodz Posts: 2,976 My Mood: 1970-S dime and small date cent Hi everyone I have a 1970 proof set and was looking at it and the mintmark looks small to me on the penny. And the dime has some weird stuff on it. Can someone tell me if I have a small date and what the crap is on the dime. And if the gunk on the dime is bad and should be cleaned off or if it will make cool toning. Thanks And her is the pic of the dime gunk. freaky __________________ New coin forum! Please Join!   10-19-2008, 11:11 PM   #2 (permalink) HandsomeToad Urinist     Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas Posts: 6,572 My Mood: It's a Large Date: http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/1...gDtCompare.htm As to the dime, looks like it's going to tone nicely so leave it alone. Ribbit   10-19-2008, 11:21 PM   #3 (permalink) FreakyGarrettC Wise young snail     Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: im in ur fridge eatin ur foodz Posts: 2,976 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by HandsomeToad It's a Large Date: http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/1...gDtCompare.htm As to the dime, looks like it's going to tone nicely so leave it alone. Ribbit Thanks. I was hoping it was a small date. I hope the dime tones nicely fast so the ugly green ring goes away. Oh yeah, BTW is 100% silica gel cat litter good as a replacement for a moisture absorber. I have a few socks filled up with it in my box. Along with 50+ silica gel packs. __________________ New coin forum! Please Join!   10-19-2008, 11:23 PM   #4 (permalink) HandsomeToad Urinist     Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas Posts: 6,572 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by FreakyGarrettC Thanks. I was hoping it was a small date. I hope the dime tones nicely fast so the ugly green ring goes away. Oh yeah, BTW is 100% silica gel cat litter good as a replacement for a moisture absorber. I have a few socks filled up with it in my box. Along with 50+ silica gel packs. There is green? That's not good! I didn't see that. That may need attention then. Ribbit   10-19-2008, 11:25 PM   #5 (permalink) FreakyGarrettC Wise young snail     Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: im in ur fridge eatin ur foodz Posts: 2,976 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by HandsomeToad There is green? That's not good! I didn't see that. That may need attention then. Ribbit Yeah it looks kinda white in the pic but it is slightly diluted flubber colored in real life. So is 100% silica gel cat litter ok? __________________ New coin forum! Please Join!   10-19-2008, 11:33 PM   #6 (permalink) HandsomeToad Urinist     Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas Posts: 6,572 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by FreakyGarrettC Yeah it looks kinda white in the pic but it is slightly diluted flubber colored in real life. So is 100% silica gel cat litter ok? I wouldn't think so but I also think it's better than nothing. Maybe someone more experienced with this will pipe in and explain why it does or doesn't werk. Ribbit   10-19-2008, 11:17 PM   #7 (permalink) jazzcoins Coin Collector   Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: upstate Ny or my home planet ZECTAS Posts: 1,510 My Mood: It looks like moisture maybe some water got in the proof set. I have several proof sets and I never seen any think like that before. I would say that's freaky real Frea............................ ky just in time for halloween. Jazzcoins Joe   10-19-2008, 11:21 PM   #8 (permalink) logical123 Senior Member     Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Chicago, Illionois, USA Posts: 146 My Mood: Blog Entries: 1 I had a set like that too... Very bad, it's called oxidation. Thankfully I know the person who sold me the set, so a quick-n-dirty exchange was in order. __________________ Yeah, I like coins. Got a prob?   10-19-2008, 11:23 PM   #9 (permalink) FreakyGarrettC Wise young snail     Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: im in ur fridge eatin ur foodz Posts: 2,976 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by logical123 I had a set like that too... Very bad, it's called oxidation. Thankfully I know the person who sold me the set, so a quick-n-dirty exchange was in order. Oxidation is the same thing as toning right. All these terms for the same thing confizles me. (Confizle- Confused and fizzled at the same time) http://en.mimi.hu/numismatic/oxidation.html __________________ New coin forum! Please Join!   10-19-2008, 11:27 PM   #10 (permalink) FreakyGarrettC Wise young snail     Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: im in ur fridge eatin ur foodz Posts: 2,976 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by jazzcoins It looks like moisture maybe some water got in the proof set. I have several proof sets and I never seen any think like that before. I would say that's freaky real Frea............................ ky just in time for halloween. Jazzcoins Joe It was bought from a flea market back in 2001 so its a possibility. (That was my only flea market purchase. __________________ New coin forum! Please Join!   10-20-2008, 03:08 PM   #11 (permalink) jazzcoins Coin Collector   Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: upstate Ny or my home planet ZECTAS Posts: 1,510 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by FreakyGarrettC It was bought from a flea market back in 2001 so its a possibility. (That was my only flea market purchase. I just want to warn you Freaky that you really have to watch yourself when it comes to flea markets/ I noticed there are a lot of fleas around that are willing to bit you. I go to garage sales i think that's not as risky so be careful your better off staying away from the fleas. Just trying to help out. Jazzcoins Joe   10-20-2008, 04:27 PM   #12 (permalink) FreakyGarrettC Wise young snail     Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: im in ur fridge eatin ur foodz Posts: 2,976 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by jazzcoins I just want to warn you Freaky that you really have to watch yourself when it comes to flea markets/ I noticed there are a lot of fleas around that are willing to bit you. I go to garage sales i think that's not as risky so be careful your better off staying away from the fleas. Just trying to help out. Jazzcoins Joe Yeah that was my only purchase from a flea market, besides a 1940 walking liberty. __________________ New coin forum! Please Join!   10-20-2008, 09:00 PM   #13 (permalink) FreakyGarrettC Wise young snail     Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: im in ur fridge eatin ur foodz Posts: 2,976 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by jazzcoins ..... willing to bit you. Jazzcoins Joe Lol that smiley is hilarious!....... __________________ New coin forum! Please Join!   10-20-2008, 02:49 PM   #14 (permalink) FreakyGarrettC Wise young snail     Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: im in ur fridge eatin ur foodz Posts: 2,976 My Mood: BTW the pics were taken with a Canon G9. http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/co...&modelid=15669 12.1 Megapixels. __________________ New coin forum! Please Join!   10-20-2008, 04:50 PM   #15 (permalink) Leadfoot Numismatist     Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,620 My Mood: I believe what you're seeing is haze -- quite common on proof sets from the early 70s.   Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Tags 1970-s, dime, gunk, small date Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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