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<p>[QUOTE="Cincimatti, post: 24702964, member: 16004"]Yep! Still looking for that 1894-s Barber dime in a dealer's junk box!</p><p><br /></p><p>I came across a listing on eBay that I would normally have raced past. Vague pictures, seller does not accept returns.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I <i>know</i> better! It's a veritable mine field of red flags!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent.fosu2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375832779_10227292994903617_5694961651153216842_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960&_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=Iw8MsKqRyUoAX8auk2d&_nc_ht=scontent.fosu2-1.fna&oh=00_AfBXodc3KUtippE-orEsqcERqWq_yVXrjz_rIZREhUO1ww&oe=64FFE2E8" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://scontent.fosu2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375875758_10227292995503632_1030995318602602508_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=nFwbltbJ70MAX-ZV8ZJ&_nc_ht=scontent.fosu2-2.fna&oh=00_AfAqoEMTIrr6-6BY56kjsn3-w6gSMDnkn1-7YpucrGxflw&oe=64FF9EE1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>No close ups or pictures of the individual coins. So, I go to the next step. What else does this guy sell? Oh! Farm equipment. Encouraging. His eBay handle also alludes to service in the Navy. Hmmm.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see that there is considerable vertigris on some of the coins in the seller's picture of the inside of the box. Also, that many of the coins are bent is evident from the side. This collection was not started in the 1920s, that's certain! (My guess is somewhere around the 30s, 40s. Can anyone confirm that IHCs still popped up in circulation that late?) But, I manage to convince myself that solely based on the edge of the coins, that there might be a catch or two in the bunch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Foolishly, I place a bid over the 1st and only bidder. I go back later to retract it and can't! Too late, my bed is <i>made</i>! I end up winning the damned things for $254.89 total. Okay, not too bad. That's only 51 cents a coin I have to make back and the box <i>is</i> kinda cool!</p><p><br /></p><p>D-day. They arrive. I knew I was going to need an effective remedy to try to salvage as many as I could. That's when my search directed me back to this forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a nut shell, you use 9 parts sodium bicarbonate and 7 parts sodium carbonate in distilled water. I did 4 1/2 tsp of the one and 3 1/2 of the other and about 3 cups of water. (I learned that it is <i>very</i> potent!) The OP talks about letting them soak for 2 weeks and then repeating with fresh water for another 2 weeks. <i>Mais non! </i>I have 500 souls to save (or ruin). I prepared the mixture in an aluminum pan on the stove top at a med low setting, still low enough that I could stick my hand in briefly.</p><p><br /></p><p>It <i>sure</i> made the <i>pan</i> nice and clean!</p><p><br /></p><p>Time to sort and count:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent.fosu2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375858050_10227292999703737_3170261918954886041_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=x2ZYzJqawN4AX-9ADUj&_nc_ht=scontent.fosu2-1.fna&oh=00_AfB-tEtNCxrkFo8omc35G40nGETZSfkHcw7Qhzh3M18kfQ&oe=64FFD2EE" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375830667_10227292998103697_8893297603544884866_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=rVdUKVR88fwAX8-gaH3&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AfDsoczAL-g4nyathmDL4CsmkuaWqmLZp7AF9xrStadNzw&oe=64FF21D4" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>My excitement grew when I realized these weren't just post 1900 coins! The 1880s were well represented. (A complete break down in a minute - first the bad news.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I was reckoning with 250 culls. After my restoration attempts, which worked a little more than half the time, I ended up with only 117. And yes, yiikes! Graffiti, bent coins, severely corroded coins. Mutilated, abused, you name it!</p><p><br /></p><p> <img src="https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/376272812_10227292995783639_8096249631290753470_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=Eb_KE5bu41sAX-A0sFj&_nc_oc=AQnZX4sYOrs0U53UFc6s8oU6p9DKQlRpLqVnWcd_NDfn95aWjSAB6QHRX0C6rRbXzwXCHO-7W0B8pjLnrULnOQYt&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&oh=00_AfBkhSEK96wa47KZzTuE9Fk3ZYLDtD-A4c6KklessoW2kQ&oe=6500510C" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://scontent.fosu2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375914735_10227292998743713_1901335488294672345_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=_zJi0IYInqYAX_rsDHJ&_nc_ht=scontent.fosu2-2.fna&oh=00_AfDCplLHZQ3ncAQQgE3CRKNZRa9d3CTvmGd5HNw5LghSGQ&oe=6500291C" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>First, the clean up. These <i>had </i>to go! I posted one of those ridiculous "mystery lot" auctions on eBay with a heinous "Buy it Now" of $35.00!</p><p><br /></p><p>BAM! The posting was up less than an hour! I felt almost guilty. I added several more coins that were better dates, but outside my personal condition tolerance zone, and a nice VF/XF 1901 to the lot as a surprise bonus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, to the <i>brew</i>: I was able to save about <i>half </i>of the coins I considered goners. Here's an example:</p><p><br /></p><p>Before:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent.fosu2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/370635473_10227292996143648_3855252391049991286_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960&_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=F2vaElLcGPwAX_a2Ooc&_nc_ht=scontent.fosu2-2.fna&oh=00_AfAtLZ9eE-szkcWiTDaBH3onrMAoCK586BFR0syCg17RVg&oe=65001F34" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/376243653_10227292994583609_2614589424437445041_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=b4D-3eTQLP0AX9GvKYk&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AfBBcplU_lPXbQATtNQ4dARj-bXywG5DrHXrZ5PaB3a5qA&oe=64FED2F3" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I expected the coins to be in the G/VG range. And most were.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then! No Way! I came upon this beauty:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375864155_10227292996263651_5579191721409183986_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=-yv88GVPI9kAX--VKDY&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AfAatePqyOjSAFJJ35y3LugsUA_RASNCSgzBDhAN7DX8vQ&oe=650066A2" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://scontent.fosu2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375977356_10227292995103622_3542051682964909853_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=tCuDr9r22dkAX-t_TvD&_nc_ht=scontent.fosu2-1.fna&oh=00_AfDnZxqA9LtsrP5p-YOeQPpDPsBuQXwMdjZtTX1oHXFQ_w&oe=64FEDEC4" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This picture is post conservation. The<i> tricarbonate </i>brew does <i>strip</i> corroded coins and can make them much worse! I learned to immerse the coins very briefly in the <i>hot</i> mixture. 5 minutes - tops for most. These were farm coins. They all had a thick skin of muck and cigar smoke that could be swabbed off after 30-40 seconds in the brew.</p><p><br /></p><p>My go to cleaner is acetone, but this worked <i>much faster</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, going from the sodium to acetone on corroded coins that have soaked a while in the carbonate proved to be a <i>big mistake! </i>The result was a disastrously porous coin! There was also a dusty, orange residue from the coins as a result of sitting for too long. I discovered that one bad apple <i>does </i>spoil the whole bunch. I did a batch of culls together. About 50 of them. The badly corroded ones darkened the whole bunch. Glad I learned that on the practice coins! When that happens, you can dip the coin in a mix of acetone and hydrogen peroxide for 20 seconds only. Longer than that and you'll ruin the copper coin. That also works for coins that have taken on a blue tint. Sorry, but blue copper is not something that occurs in nature. I don't care what environment the coin has been exposed to. It is a tell-tale sign of a chemical treatment. Change my mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>A little longer soak did help the corroded coins, and in a few cases made the date readable, where it wasn't before. But, the payoff was: A corroded Indian cent in G/VG condition that was now dirt-free, but still very much corroded, the surfaces clean, but rough with a surface liked to a lunar landscape. Pointless!</p><p><br /></p><p>So, when the dust settled, I counted:</p><p><br /></p><p>117 culls (SOLD!)</p><p><br /></p><p>3 AG coins - all 1880s</p><p><br /></p><p>308 respectable G/VG</p><p><br /></p><p>24 Fine - best 1891</p><p><br /></p><p>28 VF - best 1883 !!!</p><p><br /></p><p>16 XF - 1890 and 1899</p><p><br /></p><p>4 AU coins, including a 1907 with diamonds so sharp they'll cut your fingers. And luster!</p><p><br /></p><p>Highlights of the G/VG category</p><p><br /></p><p>1 1884</p><p>2 1886 (both Ty 1)</p><p>3 1894s</p><p><br /></p><p>17 healthy coins from the 1880s</p><p><br /></p><p>25 keepers from 1890-1893</p><p><br /></p><p>ZERO 1909</p><p><br /></p><p>ZERO 1908-S (I looked carefully!!)</p><p><br /></p><p>A run from 1880 - 1908, (1881 and 1884 too corroded to keep. No 1885!) Which are starting to fill yet another NOS Whitman folder until further notice. I'm still in the process of clean... um, "conserving".</p><p><br /></p><p>So, did it work? I'm projecting a profit of $100 - $150, if I can field a price of 75 cents or better on the G/VG, and keep close to grey sheet wholesale on the full LIBERTY coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>... and my nostalgic Whitman folder with 27 G/VG coins to keep in a plastic bag in the back of my closet for the next 25 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two more prizes to show and then I'm going to take a break.</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy hunting!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375052835_10227292997263676_8542069946630228749_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=r-ZLDALPTxMAX-KgIJJ&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AfCrXWR0lDZcNnASYTU8k2bYmyexIoah5A1jq9Q_KPSfjA&oe=65006B9D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375990573_10227292996903667_560384797383397311_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=aI9XUazCUl8AX-w623m&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&oh=00_AfDgiyK2TJDQoGBOkBeUsGeL2oEzjB64jkA8m86TDS85Vw&oe=64FF92B9" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p><img src="https://scontent.fosu2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/376225786_10227292997903692_789040714815703023_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=7DSbYuZzzOsAX-OjZb9&_nc_ht=scontent.fosu2-2.fna&oh=00_AfCL3T1hAcw-lgBdxS_jxojfzchlSs3fXzrotnIx6DyNEQ&oe=64FF2D2F" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p> <img src="https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375046731_10227292997663686_1242325002559959976_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=JouvbKAioIQAX8TlC8o&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AfAQat_4bMmqyEcU2zOQzTjBvDJDQhiLxK9mQo6S-kFGvQ&oe=64FF2FF8" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cincimatti, post: 24702964, member: 16004"]Yep! Still looking for that 1894-s Barber dime in a dealer's junk box! I came across a listing on eBay that I would normally have raced past. Vague pictures, seller does not accept returns. Now, I [I]know[/I] better! It's a veritable mine field of red flags! [IMG]https://scontent.fosu2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375832779_10227292994903617_5694961651153216842_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960&_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=Iw8MsKqRyUoAX8auk2d&_nc_ht=scontent.fosu2-1.fna&oh=00_AfBXodc3KUtippE-orEsqcERqWq_yVXrjz_rIZREhUO1ww&oe=64FFE2E8[/IMG] [IMG]https://scontent.fosu2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375875758_10227292995503632_1030995318602602508_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=nFwbltbJ70MAX-ZV8ZJ&_nc_ht=scontent.fosu2-2.fna&oh=00_AfAqoEMTIrr6-6BY56kjsn3-w6gSMDnkn1-7YpucrGxflw&oe=64FF9EE1[/IMG] No close ups or pictures of the individual coins. So, I go to the next step. What else does this guy sell? Oh! Farm equipment. Encouraging. His eBay handle also alludes to service in the Navy. Hmmm. I see that there is considerable vertigris on some of the coins in the seller's picture of the inside of the box. Also, that many of the coins are bent is evident from the side. This collection was not started in the 1920s, that's certain! (My guess is somewhere around the 30s, 40s. Can anyone confirm that IHCs still popped up in circulation that late?) But, I manage to convince myself that solely based on the edge of the coins, that there might be a catch or two in the bunch. Foolishly, I place a bid over the 1st and only bidder. I go back later to retract it and can't! Too late, my bed is [I]made[/I]! I end up winning the damned things for $254.89 total. Okay, not too bad. That's only 51 cents a coin I have to make back and the box [I]is[/I] kinda cool! D-day. They arrive. I knew I was going to need an effective remedy to try to salvage as many as I could. That's when my search directed me back to this forum. In a nut shell, you use 9 parts sodium bicarbonate and 7 parts sodium carbonate in distilled water. I did 4 1/2 tsp of the one and 3 1/2 of the other and about 3 cups of water. (I learned that it is [I]very[/I] potent!) The OP talks about letting them soak for 2 weeks and then repeating with fresh water for another 2 weeks. [I]Mais non! [/I]I have 500 souls to save (or ruin). I prepared the mixture in an aluminum pan on the stove top at a med low setting, still low enough that I could stick my hand in briefly. It [I]sure[/I] made the [I]pan[/I] nice and clean! Time to sort and count: [IMG]https://scontent.fosu2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375858050_10227292999703737_3170261918954886041_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=x2ZYzJqawN4AX-9ADUj&_nc_ht=scontent.fosu2-1.fna&oh=00_AfB-tEtNCxrkFo8omc35G40nGETZSfkHcw7Qhzh3M18kfQ&oe=64FFD2EE[/IMG] [IMG]https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375830667_10227292998103697_8893297603544884866_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=rVdUKVR88fwAX8-gaH3&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AfDsoczAL-g4nyathmDL4CsmkuaWqmLZp7AF9xrStadNzw&oe=64FF21D4[/IMG] My excitement grew when I realized these weren't just post 1900 coins! The 1880s were well represented. (A complete break down in a minute - first the bad news.) I was reckoning with 250 culls. After my restoration attempts, which worked a little more than half the time, I ended up with only 117. And yes, yiikes! Graffiti, bent coins, severely corroded coins. Mutilated, abused, you name it! [IMG]https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/376272812_10227292995783639_8096249631290753470_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=Eb_KE5bu41sAX-A0sFj&_nc_oc=AQnZX4sYOrs0U53UFc6s8oU6p9DKQlRpLqVnWcd_NDfn95aWjSAB6QHRX0C6rRbXzwXCHO-7W0B8pjLnrULnOQYt&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&oh=00_AfBkhSEK96wa47KZzTuE9Fk3ZYLDtD-A4c6KklessoW2kQ&oe=6500510C[/IMG] [IMG]https://scontent.fosu2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375914735_10227292998743713_1901335488294672345_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=_zJi0IYInqYAX_rsDHJ&_nc_ht=scontent.fosu2-2.fna&oh=00_AfDCplLHZQ3ncAQQgE3CRKNZRa9d3CTvmGd5HNw5LghSGQ&oe=6500291C[/IMG] First, the clean up. These [I]had [/I]to go! I posted one of those ridiculous "mystery lot" auctions on eBay with a heinous "Buy it Now" of $35.00! BAM! The posting was up less than an hour! I felt almost guilty. I added several more coins that were better dates, but outside my personal condition tolerance zone, and a nice VF/XF 1901 to the lot as a surprise bonus. Now, to the [I]brew[/I]: I was able to save about [I]half [/I]of the coins I considered goners. Here's an example: Before: [IMG]https://scontent.fosu2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/370635473_10227292996143648_3855252391049991286_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s960x960&_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=F2vaElLcGPwAX_a2Ooc&_nc_ht=scontent.fosu2-2.fna&oh=00_AfAtLZ9eE-szkcWiTDaBH3onrMAoCK586BFR0syCg17RVg&oe=65001F34[/IMG] After: [IMG]https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/376243653_10227292994583609_2614589424437445041_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=b4D-3eTQLP0AX9GvKYk&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AfBBcplU_lPXbQATtNQ4dARj-bXywG5DrHXrZ5PaB3a5qA&oe=64FED2F3[/IMG] I expected the coins to be in the G/VG range. And most were. Then! No Way! I came upon this beauty: [IMG]https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375864155_10227292996263651_5579191721409183986_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=-yv88GVPI9kAX--VKDY&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AfAatePqyOjSAFJJ35y3LugsUA_RASNCSgzBDhAN7DX8vQ&oe=650066A2[/IMG] [IMG]https://scontent.fosu2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375977356_10227292995103622_3542051682964909853_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=tCuDr9r22dkAX-t_TvD&_nc_ht=scontent.fosu2-1.fna&oh=00_AfDnZxqA9LtsrP5p-YOeQPpDPsBuQXwMdjZtTX1oHXFQ_w&oe=64FEDEC4[/IMG] This picture is post conservation. The[I] tricarbonate [/I]brew does [I]strip[/I] corroded coins and can make them much worse! I learned to immerse the coins very briefly in the [I]hot[/I] mixture. 5 minutes - tops for most. These were farm coins. They all had a thick skin of muck and cigar smoke that could be swabbed off after 30-40 seconds in the brew. My go to cleaner is acetone, but this worked [I]much faster[/I]. However, going from the sodium to acetone on corroded coins that have soaked a while in the carbonate proved to be a [I]big mistake! [/I]The result was a disastrously porous coin! There was also a dusty, orange residue from the coins as a result of sitting for too long. I discovered that one bad apple [I]does [/I]spoil the whole bunch. I did a batch of culls together. About 50 of them. The badly corroded ones darkened the whole bunch. Glad I learned that on the practice coins! When that happens, you can dip the coin in a mix of acetone and hydrogen peroxide for 20 seconds only. Longer than that and you'll ruin the copper coin. That also works for coins that have taken on a blue tint. Sorry, but blue copper is not something that occurs in nature. I don't care what environment the coin has been exposed to. It is a tell-tale sign of a chemical treatment. Change my mind. A little longer soak did help the corroded coins, and in a few cases made the date readable, where it wasn't before. But, the payoff was: A corroded Indian cent in G/VG condition that was now dirt-free, but still very much corroded, the surfaces clean, but rough with a surface liked to a lunar landscape. Pointless! So, when the dust settled, I counted: 117 culls (SOLD!) 3 AG coins - all 1880s 308 respectable G/VG 24 Fine - best 1891 28 VF - best 1883 !!! 16 XF - 1890 and 1899 4 AU coins, including a 1907 with diamonds so sharp they'll cut your fingers. And luster! Highlights of the G/VG category 1 1884 2 1886 (both Ty 1) 3 1894s 17 healthy coins from the 1880s 25 keepers from 1890-1893 ZERO 1909 ZERO 1908-S (I looked carefully!!) A run from 1880 - 1908, (1881 and 1884 too corroded to keep. No 1885!) Which are starting to fill yet another NOS Whitman folder until further notice. I'm still in the process of clean... um, "conserving". So, did it work? I'm projecting a profit of $100 - $150, if I can field a price of 75 cents or better on the G/VG, and keep close to grey sheet wholesale on the full LIBERTY coins. ... and my nostalgic Whitman folder with 27 G/VG coins to keep in a plastic bag in the back of my closet for the next 25 years. Two more prizes to show and then I'm going to take a break. Happy hunting! [IMG]https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375052835_10227292997263676_8542069946630228749_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=r-ZLDALPTxMAX-KgIJJ&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AfCrXWR0lDZcNnASYTU8k2bYmyexIoah5A1jq9Q_KPSfjA&oe=65006B9D[/IMG] [IMG]https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375990573_10227292996903667_560384797383397311_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=aI9XUazCUl8AX-w623m&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&oh=00_AfDgiyK2TJDQoGBOkBeUsGeL2oEzjB64jkA8m86TDS85Vw&oe=64FF92B9[/IMG] [IMG]https://scontent.fosu2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/376225786_10227292997903692_789040714815703023_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=7DSbYuZzzOsAX-OjZb9&_nc_ht=scontent.fosu2-2.fna&oh=00_AfCL3T1hAcw-lgBdxS_jxojfzchlSs3fXzrotnIx6DyNEQ&oe=64FF2D2F[/IMG] [IMG]https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/375046731_10227292997663686_1242325002559959976_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=813123&_nc_ohc=JouvbKAioIQAX8TlC8o&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AfAQat_4bMmqyEcU2zOQzTjBvDJDQhiLxK9mQo6S-kFGvQ&oe=64FF2FF8[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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