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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ikandiggit, post: 971020, member: 16269&quot;]I&#039;m going to leave the identification to someone like snaz or Bill in Burl. They know a lot more about large cents than I do. My main focus is small cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>Word of advice..... Never clean a coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>If this is the rare brass cent, by cleaning it you may have reduced the value by up to 75%.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s best to leave coins as they are. Remember that on this coin, it has taken 150 years for the patina to form on it which is highly desirable by collectors. By cleaning it, it is considered damaged and may not even get a grade. I had a coin collection when I was young that had a catalog value of about $1000 and after cleaning the coins with Silvo and Brasso, I got just about face value (about $50.). It still hurts.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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