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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;pasasap2, post: 1828097, member: 57975&quot;]Problem is that you think the coin was just dirty. If it had dirt on it, I could have washed it off with a mild soap and distilled water or even dropped into distilled water to remove the dirt. The green corrosion was rock hard and clearly embedded into the surface of the copper. I actually took it to my local dealer and he tried a few coin cleaning agents he had to no avail. The green crud remained defiant and stuck onto the coin. Soaking it might have worked after many years, but other than that I do not know anything that could have worked. Maybe you can enlighten me on what I should have done. The coin had no value to me at all without a date, but with a 1857 date, it means it can fill my hole in my book without having to payout $300 to a dealer for a coin that list for $45 in the Blue Book in VF. So, I do not care if it has been cleaned to some degree, I just want the coin to reflect light, so I can see the date. It is not red, it does not look like a cleaned coin, it is simply extremely dull and porous.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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