INDIAN HEAD NICKEL DATE UNKNOWN

What do you guys think? Nic-A-Date? Can or should I soak it in acetone?
I took some pictures as you can see, and I enlarged a couple hoping to
see something, I think I saw a zero and an eight...But of course it can be
anything or nothing...

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

Looks like a 28 to me. (You also cut off the mint mark, if any, on your reverse shot...?)

 

The third digit can not be a zero. They started minting these coins in 1913.

 

Looks to be 1928 and in this condition, there's nothing to lose by using Nic-A-Date. Although a good soak in white vinegar first might do the trick.

 

I'll only acid-etch a nickel if there's no hope of making out the date. On this one, I don't see any reason to damage it further...?

 

agree, 1928

 

White vinegar. Save yourself some money. Just don't re-use it on a salad.

 

No, no mint mark Jeff

 

White vinegar....Thanks Tommy! I'm gonna try that

 

Thanks Eddie, yeah I am going to try the white vinegar....What?.....I can't use
the vinegar on a salad after using it on the coin?.....Really??!! .....Nah, I'm
gonna give it a try...I bet it taste ok.....

 

1928 and White Vinegar.....Thanks! I can always count on you Guys!

 

Good luck...uh, on the coin! Lol. But a few days up to a week of soaking it should clean up the date area a little better.

 

With the white vinegar you can put in a few drops of hydrogen peroxide.
And you only need to soak it a couple of hours. Overnight at most.
It will make the date appear, but will also whiten the coin.
It's a 1928.

 

Thanks eddie!!!

 

Thanks Michael !!

 

Your right Michael !!!! It was a 1928 !! Plus I had 2 other Indian head nickels
that I could not see the date so I soaked them too...One was a 1918 and the
other a 1917 !! Thanks!

 

Well the problem with this etching which reveals the date, now you know what the date is, but the coin has been ruined. So if it were a key date, then that's a problem.

 

"Problem" as in "problem coin", yes and most certainly. However, in cases where such a coin was unable to be identified prior to "restoration", it can reasonably be argued that one is left with an improvement, at least from a value perspective. Although I personally find it generally excessive, such keys often bring (in context) surprising yet not substantial money.

 

Perhaps you could kindly clarify?

 

What happened to "64 Kennedy"? Did someone again throw a hissy over a perfectly innocuous question?