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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 25325414, member: 59737&quot;]For starters, I took new photos of the coin. The spot that has me most concerned is the green stuff below the N in UNITED. To me, the coin is much more the color of an old Buffalo nickel. I did not get the color right in the photos. Up close, I see no indication of cleaning. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1618674[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1618675[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1618676[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1618677[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I personally have it at XF40, possibly details grade for environmental damage. But I’m always conservative in my grading (so I think). </p><p><br /></p><p>So my secret is I deal in FOREX in bulk lots and I search my coins before depositing them. These photos represent going through about 1,800 coins. I have 15,000 nickels. These batches might just have been the “good ones,” but they’ve been pretty darn good so far. Up top left, I found a Liberty nickel. To its right is a 1913-D T2, partial date. The 6 top nickels are war nickels, and the stacks on the right are all 1938-1954, no silver. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1618679[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1618680[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You put coins in boiling water <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie36" alt=":coldfeet:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I don’t know if I could do that!</p><p><br /></p><p>Haha, now you’ve heard them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you! Very blessed. </p><p><br /></p><p>Do the new images help? I intend to have this professionally done. Might send it to ICG <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I’m quite glad you chimed in. I forgot to tag you <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie18" alt=":bag:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> you do quite well with your conservation efforts. </p><p><br /></p><p>I will need to spend more time with the coin, but likely won’t have time until I roll all the coins I have on hand. That’s going to be a bit. In my opinion, the coin hasn’t been cleaned, it’s just poor imagery. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do collect German states coinage! But I blew my budget on some nice error coins and two India Princely States coins. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for the sound advice. With the spots below the N in UNITED, I do not feel comfortable working on this coin myself. My comfort stops at pure acetone and distilled water. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think the better photos highlight the spot below the N in UNITED that has me worried. Aside from that, I love the coin at XF. I plan to leave this to professionals.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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