1982 s /d

I found a 1982 small date I believe it has real bad deterioration but I was wondering if it's okay to clean this penny so I can read it better here's a picture of the penny it's also going to G where the D the old supposed to be and it said a lot of messed up things on it if you blow it up and look at the picture you can see all the weird stuff anyways should I clean it the penny 3.01 grams

 

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with such a damaged coin it's nearly impossible to know

 

So clean it

 

Whats the best way to clean it

 

imho, that cent is shot, toss it an move on...

 

Your right i hate when that happens

 

This is gonna sound horrible, but I slice a hole in the top of a ketchup packet and slide the penny in for a day or two....Only if the coin is FUBAR to begin with though...which that one is...after all the grime is ate off by the ketchup, boiled egg yolks chopped up in an airtight bag will tone the copper a brownish color again...

 

Gee, all this time, I thought that S/D referred to the mintmark.

Chris

 

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Me too, I though the same when I first looked at the post lol!

 

I don't think it matters to clean something that will be worth .01 cent before cleaning and .01 cent after cleaning. You will spend more money cleaning than what the coin is worth.

 

Cool I'm up and Penny that I found it on the ground

 

This cent is a Large date.

 

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Umm... there's nothing wrong with what he said, Willy. Making things up as one goes along helps no one.

 

Agreed. This cent is a large date.

 

I think that's what you ought to do with it. Either that, or spend it, provided anybody will take it.

 

Sounds like hash browns would be a better thing to put in.

 

Nothing you could do with that coin would either help it or hurt it. It's beyond help. I would say it's a spender, but it's probably too bad for that. I found its mate at the last Coinstar I looked at--and left it where it was!