Experts Needed: Absolutely Huuuge Copper Cent Planchet Strip

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Well. I guess it depends on what you want it to look like, & what you intend to do with it.

If you intend to flip it, then you have to figure out what the market desires...so how do the collectors of these want to see them.

If you want to keep it & say frame it (looks to be approx. 7" x 11") then how do you want it to look. Perhaps practice on cull cents to get the right effect.

I never clean anything (I mean coins ) so I can't advise you on that, but I will say do not use any abrasive, like 0000 steel wool, or toothpaste (yes, the reason tp has a whitening effect is that it contains ultra fine abrasives). The verdicare sounds about right & since this is pre-strike, you shouldn't have to worry about the same things you would about actual coin surfaces.

Perhaps look @ any which have already been slabbed for a clue, or ask a TPG?

In any event, that's a nice piece!

 

You could try ( Bar Keepers Friend ) found in local grocery stores. Does not scratch. Also cleans rust stains on glass.

 

Doug, what about olive oil and verdicare? Don't wanna flip but would like it to look nicer. Going to make my own capital plastics holder for it.

 

It looks like that piece of copper will fit into a glass 13x9 baking pan (14x10 cents @ .75" each + 'tween material) - buy some cheap extra virgin olive oil and pour it on to cover the metal by about 1/2" or 1" - cover the whole dish to keep out additional crud and let it sit undisturbed for weeks or months - work the oxidation deposits gently with a toothpick and continue soaking in oil until satisfied with the new and 'improved' copper strip

 

The capital plastics holder I make is just for show. I get plastic from Johnson plastics and can etch in information, drill holes in the corners, and buy capitals plastic screws.

I figure i jusy want To try something to get some of it off.

Thanks!

 

I am going to call NGC on Monday. And they do actually slab strips, but i imagine not the one I have.

 

Hmm. If all it gets is "Genuine", can you still put it in a registry?

 

IT DOES SCRATCH!

 

Removing verdigris has been discussed on here ad infinitum. Other than Verdicare (expensive for this much unless @BadThad wants to sponsor you) the standard treatment is soaking in sodium sesquicarbonate

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/co...arbonate-for-bronze-disease-treatment.330033/

which I think would remove the toning also.

PS, it you aren't concerned about light scratching, the Bar Keeper's Friend is a good idea.

 

Do not use xylene unless you are outside and have a very big fan. If you are in high school take it to a chem teacher and call it a special project. The container that would we large enough to hold the whole sheet would take a lot of zy. Between the science end and the historical/educational end you could do a paper on it for one of your classes. How coins are made would work. Have some fun with it.

By the way, it's a great get. I have two small dime strips; no I didn't get it slabbed.
Got it from a chap in Florida while I was on a golf course. He joined us and we had
a threesome on the course. I asked him what he did. Turned out he worked for the company that supplied the mint with planchets. I asked him to send me something and two weeks later I received two small strips in the mail. A very generous and thoughtful gesture. I gave up golf a long time ago. Never played well anyway.

 

It is my impression that there is pretty tight security at US mints. I have personally known 2 men who worked there as police. Employees are not allowed to take stuff out, I think, meaning not only "money" but any metal odds and ends. That punched out planchet strip could have been salvaged at a later time, at the location where it went to be remelted.

 

I asked about that one time. I think the answer was it wasn't cost effective.
The mint didn't melt/make their own planchet strips they had the manufactured for them. And it would cost too much to ship the webbing back. Something like that.

 

That thing is huge and nasty looking, I like it the way it is now. JCro57 make sure your tetanus shot is up to date.

 

You are one interesting collector. Love your shows and tells

 

Just saw this thread -

It looks like a US Cent planchet strip.


Try acetone on it to remove the verdigris.

It is larger than most - I believe I have one about
this size too, in my 'collection' of unpunched and
punched planchet strips.

 

For how long in acetone?

 

As we used to tell the kids: "use your words!"