Would this be good for coin conservation?

I found this coin metal detecting and it is very corroded as seen in photos, but the details are great. Would this be a good coin for coin conservation (such as NCS) or no. If so, would it help bring up it's value and make it a better coin to look at?

 

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What's to be conserved?

The corrosion will always be there since conservation can't put metal back onto the coin. Probably the best that could happen would be a soaking in olive oil which might at a little gloss but, IMO, there's nothing that can really be done for the coin.

BTW, congrats on a great find.

 

Thanks, That is what I was thinking, it's is impossible to remove corrosion without destroying the coin. Do you think any grading service will grade it (as a details grade)

 

if you just want it conserved and slabbed go ahead, they might be able to put a stop on severe damage its taking but nice coin

 

Personally, I would leave it alone. Im sure alot of details will disappear if you were to have it conserved. PLUS, its a nice even corrosion, I bet it would look blotchy if you did anything to it.

 

I don't know about conservation, but, it's a beautiful conversation piece.

 

Gorgeous coin, even if corroded. I'm not sure there's much to do about the damage.

 

Just wondering, but is this your coin?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1803-Draped...50?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item339b3e241a

 

That coin looks in worse off condition than the one above.

 

Can't be.......no egg yolk on the fingernails.

 

No, I'm not gonna sell my coin anytime soon, plus that coin is way more corroded than the one I found.

 

Congrats on the find! I would be pleased to pull any coin out of the earth, let alone a pretty sharp 1803 Large Cent!
Unfortunately I don't think anything could be done to make it look any better, but that's OK, it's nice as-is!

 

The only thing I did is this, The first thing when I brought it after I found it was swabbing it carefully with a wet Q-Tip after putting it under running sink water. After that I put it in olive oil, the photo I used in this post is a photo taken a week after I left it soaking in olive oil for two weeks.

Here is a photo of it right when I found it compared to now:

 

They can't do anything about the pitting or corrosion. It'd grade au details corrosion or enviro damage tho but yes they'd grade it

 

Lest anybody think other wise, corrosion is not something that can be removed as it is the actual state of the coin. Meaning, a corroded coin has already had metal removed by the very act of corrosion and corrosion can be "active" or it can be stopped. Never reversed.

The OP's coin is in as good a state as it'll every be. Pitted and eaten up by ground salts and rust. That's corrosion and its really unfortunate but that's usually what happens to Early American Copper if not properly stored in the right environment.

Buried with the tulips isn't the right environment to store coins.

 

Any more ideas on a grade?
Here is my coin compared to an UNC coin, what do you think, EF, AU?

 

I agree with AU details. It would be difficult to go any higher with the high amount of corrosion.

 

Wow! This coin looks the same as my coin!! Maybe slightly less corroded though!
http://m.ebay.com/itm/291344408115?nav=SEARCH