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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dltsrq, post: 5368139, member: 75482&quot;]Once upon a time, I was managing a small coin shop. A woman came in with an 1877 &quot;Indian penny&quot; she had found while digging in her garden. Not just any old cent, mind you, but an 1877. Lucky lady! The coin had plenty of detail but a green patina of the sort that would look nice on an ancient Roman bronze. We paid what we thought was a fair price and passed it on to one of our regulars at close to cost. Our customer scrubbed the thing with toothpaste until all the green was gone and then evened out the color with commercial copper toner. He sent it off to one of the two major TPGs. It came back VF30 <u>straight</u> <u>grade</u>! The gospel truth, folks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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