Some of us don't appreciate honesty

I got here searching 1922-D...

 

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The best newbie post I'm currently following is over in Introductions.

 

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Go to the Introduction forum. It’s seven pages and has some good info for someone coming in like me.
Not sure I can post a working link to it-
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/overwhelmed-newbie-w-100s-of-inherited-coins.400839/

 

Oh yes… a few of them have support etc. but thanks for this one.

 

Try this.
http://www.lincolncentresource.com/1922Ddievarieties.html

 

Thanks. Already found and bookmarked.
When I get bored with pennies and move on the nickels, I’ll probably forget everything about pennies. Lol

 

Luckily, it's all right there at that Lincoln Cent Resource website. I visit back to it when I have questions, or when I'm on the lookout for upgrades to my Lincoln Year Set.

 

Well, I have a hard time believing that.
And although I have many coin types that don't interest me. The repetition and the honesty here, and thru research has me looking across all series for the characteristic's that I do appreciate in a coin, one I wouldn't normally collect.

 

You might be surprised how much information an old tax guy can brain dump in January to make room for tax season.

 

Definitely not the same as nickels, But I get ya.
When that happens just don't forget CT when May and June come rolling round.

 

This might the first thing in a long time to interfere with tax season.
I’m just bouncing around right now because I ended up with a lot to look at.
I’m more inclined to limit what I keep.
Just gotta figure out what I want from this hobby.
I was back in a foreign box today.

 

Your getting some better photos I see.
From the photos I don't see much wear, but that bit pvc contamination on the reverse needs to be taken care. A quick soak in Acetone would help.
@7Jags would now better with an English coin.

 

I figured that 40 years storage at my parents and God knows how long at the grandparents might be an issue. Thanks for the tip and seeing if @7Jags has advice.

 

Hi y'all! Well, as they say in hand is always best & fortunately this is not an Uber-rare coin. That coin surface from photo looks to be a mixture of organic debris, oxidation, and what I call "combination" of the two. My favorite solvent series with a coin looking like this as follows:
1 - rinse coin in even tap water (does NOT have to be distilled)
2 - finger work some dish detergent into the coin surface with a bit of same water
3 - liberally rinse off with same water
4 - tamp dry with a clean high nap white towel
5 - look at coin and see what you have
6 - my favorite these days: soak in ammonia (!!) that doesn't have a bunch of dye in it, let it sit for at least 10-15 minutes, but even 30-40 would be ok with silver alloy like this coin
7 - with ammonia or water soaked loose cotton Q-tip VERY LIGHTLY circular stroke surface - I know this sounds bad and NOT for proofs for sure.
8 - liberally rinse with water
9 - tamp dry with same (but dry section) of that towel
10 - pull out the acetone - I get mine in Home Depot even though the price keeps going up - I actually use another dry portion of that towel and soak it thoroughly with acetone and then tamp the surface of the coin.
11 - rinse coin
12 - tamp dry again and see what you've got.
13 - usually it will look much better.
14 - if not, bust out the MS70 and then get out that soft Q-tip that is MS70-soaked and GENTLY work the surface without really rubbing like above (does that make sense?)
15 - water rinse
16 - same detergent treatment
17 - water rinse AGAIN
18 - tamp dry with same (but dry part) of that towel
19 - look and see what you've got
20 - share pictures with us!!!

LOL, I am not liable for the above and only say it is what I would do if it was my coin. This is the type of coin you can really learn from. Hit me up with any comments or concern/questions.
PS - I will do similarly with proof coins, but VERY light on any rub or pressure, this is something that is good IMHO to get a feel for. I recently took my Panama 1980FM prooflike 100 Balboas (0.500 fine gold) and got it up from ANACS 66 to PCGS 69, but that was only because the metal surface under the mild gunk was obviously good.

 

Makes sense. Thanks for the advice.
Dealing with various storage systems left to me by my mom most of which belonged to her mother.

 

@IrishLuck seems like you're doing good...

 

Yep. Lots of info and experience here. And I came into this with a fair amount of “don’t make things worse”.