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New to coin collecting

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Hello,
My name is Mike.. I’m 41 years old.. I guess I’ve always been interested in coins just never took the next stop to really start collecting.. My fiancée bought me a metal detector recently and I found some pennies and a quarter at the park.. and ever since then I have been emerging myself in the wonderful world of coins.. we recently went through 20 rolls of pennies and I found something in there that has me kinda speechless.. it’s a 2009 bicentennial proffesional life penny and i just really need to show it to some one with some real knowlage of coinage.. I would very much appreciate it if some one could help me out with that.. nice to meet you Danial I have been scowering through your YouTube videos lol

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Re: New to coin collecting

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Hi Mike...Welcome!

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Thx for the welcome guys.. it’s kind of urgent I get some help with this penny lol.. I got court on Wednesday and I could be going away for a while..

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Please post pictures of both sides of the coin and ask your questions in detail in order to help you.

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Re: New to coin collecting/need confirmation of drop lettered coin

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Hello all, new and also really enjoying the journey!! I would love to upload an image and topic of a possible dropped letter I just found in our box. Can someone help me confirm that it is a dropped letter?
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#7 Unread post by Earle42 »

Hard to tel in pics, butI am leaning towards pareidolia (and wishful thinking) 😊

Try letting this piece soak in some acetone for a minute or so. To maybe clean up some of the dirt on this coin. And post pics again so we can get a better look.

PURE acetone such as the kind sold at Walmart in the health and beauty department. Do not use any other fingernail polish removers since they have added perfumes and colorings that might be able, unlike pure acetone, to chemically alter the metal.

Acetone is safe for you and your coins.
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Re: New to coin collecting

#8 Unread post by Daniel »

Please post you coin in the correct forum. Thanks

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