IHC found glued to pendant at garage sale

I'm thinking best way to unstick is probably placing a cotton ball dipped in 100% acetone against the reverse until the glue dissolves? Open to suggestions.

 

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That rather looks like silicone. Vinegar is a good release agent for dried silicone.

 

Can anyone help with the value of these, if any?

Thanks

 

Can anyone help with the value of these, if any?

Thanks

 

Hi Cannonmaker.... At first blush, those appear to be relatively common wheats. Very cool coins but not great intrinsic value...... You have posted this in another persons thread. Go back to the top of the "Coin Chat" tab and you will see an option to create your own thread. Do that and you should get some better answers.

 

Personally, I would leave it. Maybe if it was a 77 or another key date.

 

I would leave the cent as is, too. Probably worth more in the pendant to the right person.

And nice thread hijack @cannonmaker1

 

Leave it alone. It's a "cull" coin anyways. Sorry.

 

I don't think that I'd use vinegar on a copper coin.

 

Admittedly... I have never tried that. I have used vinegar to soften silicone though.... I take it that vinegar negatively reacts with copper?

 

Sometimes the whole is more attractive than the parts. I would leave the piece alone.

This is not a great example of that because this is a political piece that was issued during the 1896 presidential campaign. This 1896 Indian Cent is worth a lot more in this stick pin than if it were to be "liberated" from it.

 

yep, but upon 2nd look at the obverse, it may not be a bad thing

 

Me, I am leaving this Piece just as it is, and sending it to The Penny Lady as a gift.

 

@A Penny Saved I would leave that as is because that is a unique pendant. I’ve never seen one styled like that before and I really like it. I don’t think removing the coin is going to increase its value.

Welcome to CT.

 

I like that idea. It would look nice in her collection.

 

Thanks I will try to remove these...Thanks

 

Oh, yes. At the very least, it will probably attack the surface copper-oxide layer, and change the color of the coin, not for the better.

If this is an old piece, it's less likely to be silicone anyhow, and more likely to be an animal glue, isn't it? In any case, I'd start with a distilled water soak if I had to release the coin...

...but as others have said, it probably holds more interest and value right where it is. Get the cent loose, and it will likely still look like an ex-jewelry (that is, "damaged") cent, worth less than a dollar. Mounted as it is, it's an interesting and even attractive piece.

 

I guess if you think that's a date I could come across easily in the future? I don't really see IHC in the wild much, and I don't have enough extras to trade 1:1 with people.

 

1891 is a common date in the IHC series. It's not as easy as the Philadelphia Mint dates from the 1900s, but there is nothing really hard about it. The only date that is a bit hard to find is the 1894.

 

Sadly I am but a plebian album filler and not ready to get into the selling aspect of coin collecting yet, but since a lot of others have said the same thing I will leave it alone for now. I agree it does look quite nice, though I do have some concern that the pendant potentially contains lead and I'm not sure how to tell without damaging it. Thanks for the welcome : )