Conserved coins can CAC

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  1. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    I just found out my CAC results. I sent 3 of these Flying Eagle Cents to CAC. Two of them CAC'd with a green sticker. These were covered in green PVC gunk. I used an 18 hour acetone soak and gently used a q-tip to remove the green that wanted to hang on. Here are the before and after conservation photos: These are the 2 that CAC'd. The one that didn't was one that I thought would gold CAC, ironically.
    BEFORE:
    downloadfile-18.jpg AFTER:
    2016-07-05 19.39.08.jpg
    BEFORE:
    downloadfile-19.jpg AFTER:
    2016-07-05 19.39.44.jpg
     
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  3. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    Here's the one that didn't CAC.
    BEFORE:
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    AFTER:
    2016-07-05 19.47.49.jpg
    (Sorry the pics cut off a bit. Edited this on my phone, so I messed it up).
     
  4. Paddy54

    Paddy54 Well-Known Member

    Two very nice specimens for what I recall you paid for them.
     
  5. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    A whopping $5.55 per coin.
     
  6. Paddy54

    Paddy54 Well-Known Member

    Yeah I couldn't recall the exact amount but I knew they were cheap for the finial results . Good eye and great run of luck. :)
     
  7. Paddy54

    Paddy54 Well-Known Member

    Not that I take any merit in CAC or even own a coin that has been sticker between the 2 Au 55 the second is no where near as nice as the first posted. What do I know only been collecting for 55 years :)your 3rd posted coin looks to be an xf in my eyes.
     
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  8. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    Shows what I know. I thought the 1857 that failed to pass was an AU58. It has a lot more flash than the 1858 AU55. But the 1858 AU55 is a high leaves reverse FS-1901, which can bring a nice premium if I find the right buyer for it.
     
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  9. heavycam.monstervam

    heavycam.monstervam Outlaw Trucker & Coin Hillbilly

    Aaaaaah, that flying eagle avatar of yours, ain't too shabby neither @Paddy54
     
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  10. Paddy54

    Paddy54 Well-Known Member

    That coin needs to be graded someday soon.
     
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  11. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins

    Nah, let the auction company pick up the dime when you're ready to sell.......:)
     
  12. heavycam.monstervam

    heavycam.monstervam Outlaw Trucker & Coin Hillbilly

    Well let us know the results either way, those unc type 1s are sorta expensive......
     
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  13. Markus1959

    Markus1959 Well-Known Member

    WOW! Acetone worked wonders on those - beautiful FE's
     
  14. Paddy54

    Paddy54 Well-Known Member

    This one you can pry from my dead hand :)
     
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  15. SuperDave

    SuperDave Free the Cartwheels!

    The auction houses would put representatives into Thunderdome to get Paddy's coin into their catalogs. 'Tis a fat steak held above slavering dogs.

    PVC intervention, done right and successfully, should not be a factor in surface originality or grade. To my mind, you may have gotten just_a_bit lucky here, especially with the MS62. I see what sure looks like permanent damage - which ought to have been caught - in at least the stamens(?) atop the wreath above the N in ONE, and possibly also next to the second A in AMERICA. Not to take away the quality of what may be the most stupendous PVC plasticizer intervention on a single coin I've ever seen. That coin should have been trashed, and it wasn't.
     
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  16. Markus1959

    Markus1959 Well-Known Member

    Evil dead II
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  17. Dancing Fire

    Dancing Fire Junior Member

    Well done CBD!..;)
     
  18. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins

    7/
    And this one......

     
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  19. MKent

    MKent Well-Known Member

    Amazing!!!!!!!!!!! When and where did you find 1 let alone 3 of those beauties for that price?
     
  20. Santinidollar

    Santinidollar Supporter! Supporter

    Nice job. Ought to be a chapter in How to Do It For Fun and Profit.
     
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    C-B-D Well-Known Member

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