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AdamL
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:06 am Post subject: 2 firsts in $20 o nickels |
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Searched $20 in nickels. Got my first silver ever from roll searching: a 1945-S wartime nickel.
And my first obsolete coinage: a dateless buffalo, which I tossed into the vinegar where I already had one soaking.
Other notable mentions a 1939, a 1940 and several from the 50's.
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Great finds! I haven't seen a Buffalo in a roll in recent memory.
I searched a box of nickels today, came out with 20 pre-1959's (my cutoff for saving), but sadly no wartimes. Among them was a 1939, 1940-D, 1951-S, and 1951 in XF which I used to replace the one I had in the album. Also a 1959-D in AU. |
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Steven
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Speaking of searching nickels. I pulled a few of the Jefferson Whitman books down and searched some of the coins in them and found a 1946D over inverted D. Too bad it was F-12. MS-63 is listed in the cherrypicker for $300.00 
Don't forget to check for those varieties, not just grade when searching 
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acanthite
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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I have several rolls of pre-1959 Jeffersons from circulation awaiting a variety search, which I will conduct one rainy day soon... |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:54 am Post subject: |
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why did you put the Buffalo in vinegar?
It shouldn't do anything except smell it up. |
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AdamL
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:52 am Post subject: |
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| TreasHunt wrote: |
why did you put the Buffalo in vinegar?
It shouldn't do anything except smell it up. |
Soaking in vinegar for a few weeks brings the date out, and the coin comes out looking better than they do after using nic-a-date. The one I already had soaking is starting to show numbers.
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| AdamL wrote: |
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why did you put the Buffalo in vinegar?
It shouldn't do anything except smell it up. |
Soaking in vinegar for a few weeks brings the date out, and the coin comes out looking better than they do after using nic-a-date. The one I already had soaking is starting to show numbers. |
How about some pics. I would be willing to try it, but wouldn't mind seeing what it does to a coin first. And does it matter what type of vinegar? |
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AdamL
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I don't think it matters what kind of vinegar. Right now I have them in applecidar vinegar. The one that I've had in it for a couple weeks is starting to show. I can tell the last digit is a 7. I forgot to get before pictures, but I will post the after pictures when they're done. Sorry I don't have any to display yet.
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AdamL
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Topher
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| I don't think it matters what kind of vinegar. Right now I have them in applecidar vinegar. The one that I've had in it for a couple weeks is starting to show. I can tell the last digit is a 7. I forgot to get before pictures, but I will post the after pictures when they're done. Sorry I don't have any to display yet. |
That's cool. I'm going to try it with the one dateless Buffalo I have. If it works, then I may have to go get a roll of dateless Buffaloes and see what I can uncover. |
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let us know how it goes. |
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AdamL
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Yeah, I might go find a roll too. Its kinda fun to see the dates reappear. Get a container that seals well though:) The smell kind be just a little unpleasent.
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Just rinse them really well when you are done.
Anyone know how long it takes? |
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Just rinse them really well when you are done.
Anyone know how long it takes? |
I have left some for more than a month. I am doing some now that have been about two weeks. Just removed a few and left the others to check in about another week. About a hundred right now. Have found some that look pretty good. Still no key dates though. Maybe on the next check.
Here's one..
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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i also have a S mint buffalo soaking in apple cider vingar. had it in there for 9 days now, and nothing. |
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