My Verdi-Care Results on my 1915 Lincoln

So I got this 1915 Lincoln in a hoard I got, so I only paid 3 cents for it but the back needed some work. I had some Verdi-Care and here's the before and after, didn't get rid of all of it, but it looks a lot better!

Before....



After.....

I let the coin soak for about 15-20 minutes

Very happy with the results!

 

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Not bad for 3 cents!

 

Looks like it helped the spots but it also changed the color of the coin.

 

Well no, the color is the same. The first picture was taken with my DSLR setup, and the second was taken with my iphone. Also it was taken before the coin was allowed to dry.

 

If you say so but to me the image makes it look much lighter and cleaned.

 

I wonder if you used the older product called Verdicare or the newer one VerdiChem . I've use Verdichem a few times and after rinsing and letting it dry I've never seen a color change . Also I was wondering if you used a tooth pick to work the verdigris off the coin .

 

OK, stop confusing people Rusty! LOLOLOL

The product is VERDI-CARE, VERDI-CHEM is the name of my company.

 

Worked better than I thought it would. Some of the reverse verdigris looked really heavy. Thanks for sharing!

 

It's a difference between his pictures - the lighting is too strong in the after pics and cutting through the patina.

 

Most of it came off just by soaking the coin. The bad part between the "it" was worked with a toothpick.

 

I sold my Canon XSi and just order a Canon T3i that should be here sometime next week. I'll take some updated pictures when I get my new setup. Then you'll be able to see the coin doesn't look any different.

 

3 cents, is about 3 cents too much.

 

A 1915 in VF is worth about $15.

This is one of those types of coins definitely worth saving but not worth enough to send to NCS.

 

good luck getting $15.00 for the coin.

 

Don't mind coins776, he's a troll

 

wrong. if i were to post such a coin for sale on cointalk, nobody would have any intrest in buying that coin, let alone pay $15.00 for it. i don't think that it would sell for any dollars. i doubt if even ebay buyers would pay much for it.

 

Big difference in lighting between images. First, I agree with Idhair in regard to the coin's color being different (you can still see where the spots were) because it GOES look cleaned. Also, the reverse, it cleaned it up a bit, but if you took an image with the set-up from the 1st images, looks like the verdigris etched itself into the copper. I'd bet the extra lighting is making those verdigris spots look to be better, not so much because of the VerdiCare. Compare images, and you can clearly see most of the deep verdigris spots are still there. They may LOOK a little lighter, maybe not as pronounced, but you can still see where all the verdigris was nestling in nicely. Not just one or two, but pretty much every spot there was verdigris, there still is,,,,the 'P' in PLURIBUS, 'USOA', 'UNUM'. and the 'E' and 'T in 'ONE CENT'

 

Big difference between images. First, I agree with Idhair in regard to the coin's color being different (you can still see where the spots were). Also, the reverse, it cleaned it up a bit, but if you took an image with the set-up from the 1st images, I'd bet the extra lighting is making those verdigris spots look better, but compare images, and you can clearly see most of the deep verdigris spots. They may LOOK a little lighter, maybe not as pronounced, but you can still see where all the verdigris was nestling in nicely. Not just one or two, but pretty much every spot there was verdigris, there still is,,,,the 'P' in PLURIBUS, 'USOA', 'UNUM'. and the 'E' and 'T in 'ONE CENT'

 

So there's no interest for one of the harder to get Philly mints from the teens eh?

But yes, you're right, paying 3 cents for this coin was too much. Thanks for your input. I'll be sure to put your comments in a special place.

 

there is no interest in the coin in that grade. i am right about that.