Survived a bit of torture. NEED ANSWERS

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Survived a bit of torture. NEED ANSWERS

#1 Unread post by j00s »

The same old song, DO NOT CLEAN YO COINS!!! i have done the most and possibly the worst thing you can do to a coin. The curiosity possibly cost me a fortune, Or possibly not, who knows. It did survive the torture though!!! and that is why i am posting this. Im trying to make sense out of this cent. It is a 1926 Buffalo Nickel minted in Philadelphia that has a “bloody blazes” look to it.. its not wax, its not paint. I NEED ANSWERS?
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#2 Unread post by SensibleSal66 »

I have the perfect answer , You 5 Cent Buffalo Nickel has been living underground for a long time and has gained quite a bit of "patina" and that "rusty"look is caused by the "elements" of acid rain, dirt and minerals in the ground .
Now , I don't usually recommend cleaning coins but if it's a "Dug"(metal detected ) coin and it's a junk year then why not . Nickels are difficult to clean the traditional way as seen in this short video clip . As A Metal Detectorist, I have tried everything to clean my buffalo and Liberty Nickels with no success . This might help in saving your Nickels but be very careful what years you try it on first .
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Sal,
Did you make this video?
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#4 Unread post by Coin Mule »

Hey Sal, I like it, salvaging a coin like that is cool. One question I do have has to do with the Nike sock, is it clean or used just after finishing a Triathlon?
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#5 Unread post by j00s »

It looked like someone coat the coin in wax like perfectly all around .. like i said i really thought it was wax and tried to remove it.. and i pretty much screwed myself.. its been in a original money bag at the bank for a very long time .. no other coin in the bag was anything like it.
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#6 Unread post by Daniel »

There's nothing special about this coin it was un the ground in the past and has suffered environmental damaged and is corroded.

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