New at this and am hoping for some help.....

Remember where you heard 1927 first, and Kentucky is my witness.

 

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These are good images to compare. You can see the difference in the width of the "9" and the surrounding field. This is how I determine his coin as 1921. Sorry, no disrespect. If I am proven wrong, I will happily buy your next lunch.

 

What are you guys havin' for lunch?

 

1927 or 1921? A better image of the coin in question would help.

 

Something else that would help, your coin and a fine 1927, side by side, only showing the date and a few mm in each direction, since 1921 and 1927 have differing date "enclosures".

 

Ya, pedestal date.picture is a little blurry but cant take another one at this moment , I don't have it on me. The date looks decent. Being said, do you think that would be worth getting graded.

 

Thanks for the feedback everyone , I really think it said 1921...when I get home I am taking a new clearer pic and posting it again. Thanks again for all the info.

 

I have found silver dating back to the 1700's and they all look like how they were the day they were dropped, silver preserves great in the ground.

Here's a 1779 half reale I found, as dug, before I rinsed the rest of the dirt off.

My most recent silver piece, a 1740's silver cufflink, again, as dug, no cleaning other than a rinse in water to get the mud off.




Generally dug silver does not need much cleaning other than a rinse in water, at the beach silver turns more black colored, in that case you could be some jewelry cleaner, considering that unless it is a rare coin it will not be worth much more than melt and I would rather have it look nicer in my collection than a black colored slug. I have also heard of tin foil baking soda electrolysis, I'm not sure how it works so you will need to look it up. Always avoid steel wool and any abrasive methods, as silver is soft and will get hairline scratches which make the coin look bad. The coin you found does not look like it needs much other than a rinse in the sink.

Nice to see another metal detectorist on the site. Congrats and your Liberty Quarter, I am still waiting on any kind of silver quarter. Good luck on your next outing, and welcome to Cointalk.

 

Thank you...I learned something.

 

I had chicken today for lunch

I'll call it 1927

 

You guys need to pay more attention to detail. I'm kind of shocked.

The simplest way:

The 21 has beadwork inside the rim, between it and design details. The 27 doesn't have the beadwork.

Easy peasy. Yours is a 27, no debate and the date style is obviously not as good a diagnostic.

 

I see beadwork inside the rim...upper right

 

Ain't that something....

After looking at PCGS and NGC, I saw none with beadwork. My Redbook shows none.

Then I pulled out my own:



And I've come to the conclusion that the image @medoraman posted of the 21 might be tooled or counterfeit.


Edit, since I still can, to include that image:


Unless the beadwork represents a heretofore unmentioned variety?

 

Yeah, huhhhhhh?

I see the beadwork on most dates of higher grade SLQ's, but it seems to disappear on lower grade examples, (merges into rim). The pic I posted was a random one from Bing images, but there are dozens to illustrate the phenomenon. I do not think beads or no beads leads us to an answer if this is a 21 or 27.

 

Oooh, the drama continues. Ha, ha!

 

O crap. I see what I did. I was looking at halves. Totally missed that this was SLQ. Wow.

My bad.

 

Lol, we have all had days like that man, trust me. It gave us a good laugh.

 

Have another drink..........

 

Your quarter has nice toning for a dug silver coin. Most of mine come out of the ground kind of bright silver, almost like they have been dipped. Must be something to do with the soil.