1909 Cent is CLEANED! Arrrrrgh!

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• commoncents05 Posts: 10,096 ✭✭✭

  September 7, 2012 2:17AM

  Who is to say it wasn't already cleaned when it got to NASA? Regardless, I don't think it's a big deal.
  
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• guitarwes Posts: 9,290 ✭✭✭

  September 7, 2012 2:29AM

  
  They needed to get all the earth cooties off of it before they took it into space.
  

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• koynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 7, 2012 2:49AM

  The coin itself-not the cleaning-was discussed at yesterday's news conference on the Curiosity rover. From what I gather, it came from one of the scientists involved in the mission. Didn't say if he was a coin collector or not.

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• devious Posts: 1,690 ✭

  September 7, 2012 2:51AM

  Better than it to be a MS70 example and having a meteor impact obliterate it, thus removing it from Earth's collectors' hands permanently, teehee!

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• Dollar2007 Posts: 773 ✭✭✭

  September 7, 2012 2:52AM

  
  
  << <i>Better than it to be a MS70 example and having a meteor impact obliterate it, thus removing it from Earth's collectors' hands permanently, teehee! >>
  
  
  
  This thing is not coming back anyway, so better to be a cleaned example that is lost forever.
  
  This Coinworld article says there were four calibration targets used, but only one went to Mars, and it had to be sterilized, maybe that resulted in the scrubbing of it? Though I would think a simple UV or alcohol rinse would do it too.

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• renomedphys Posts: 3,822 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 7, 2012 3:14AM

  Who cares? THAT coin, plus a certified provenance, has got to be worth low to mid five figures, which is a heckuva lot more than any graded MS 1909 VDB!

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• johnny9434 Posts: 29,233 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 7, 2012 5:17AM

  
  
  << <i>They needed to get all the earth cooties off of it before they took it into space. >>
  
  God forbid the Martians catch anything contagious

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• BillJones Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭✭

  September 7, 2012 5:29AM

  Why send a really nice coin up there? The Martians probably don't know anything about "Code 92" on PCGS holders.

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