1915 Cuban coin

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  1. dhessco

    dhessco New Member

    Found this while looking through my grandfathers things. Please comment value
     

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  3. dhessco

    dhessco New Member

    Back of coin
     

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  4. BlackBeard_Thatch

    BlackBeard_Thatch Captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge

    Very nice coin! Your coin looks like it has crud on the front of it but that's fine, but DON'T CLEAN IT! There are two types of coins for this year, Fine reeding and Coarse reeding so please post a picture of the edging of the coin so I can determine the value. I would grade your coin as a VF.
     
  5. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    Cool looking coin.
     
  6. dhessco

    dhessco New Member

  7. BlackBeard_Thatch

    BlackBeard_Thatch Captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge

    very blurry I can't tell.
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    Does it look like CR or FR?
     
  8. dhessco

    dhessco New Member

    Neither, it is very smooth and no little indentions like cr and fr
     
  9. BlackBeard_Thatch

    BlackBeard_Thatch Captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge

    With you're new pictures I think it circulated a lot and since all reeding is gone I would say it goes down to grade Fine. I would say its worth around $5.
     
  10. Endeavor

    Endeavor Well-Known Member

    Looks to be well worn. Don't clean it by making contact with the surface (such as scrubbing, brushing or any type of lateral touching). However, I think this is definitely worth dipping in acetone because of its condition. Look to get pure acetone at a hardware store (such as Home Depot or Lowes).

    Acetone evaporates quickly if not in a sealed container. Little baby food jars work great. Fill one up enough so that the coin is fully submerged. Leave it sitting in the acetone for 72 hours (3 days). Stir the container gently at least once every 24 hours (do not open the container). After the 3 days hopefully the crud has fallen off on its own. If not then don't touch it (it stays). Don't rinse the coin with anything. Let the acetone dry off by evaporation*.

    *Because of the condition, it probably wouldn't hurt to very gently pat dry the coin with a towel immediately after removing the coin from acetone solution (while still wet). Not so much to dry the coin but to see if you can also lift any crud along with the acetone. Again VERY GENTLY.

    P.S. I wouldn't spend the money for a container of acetone to do just one low value coin. If I had a little stash of inexpensive coins with crud/dirt/pvc then I would probably try the acetone dip on them.
     
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