Aaauuuggghhh!!! The horror of it all, the horror!!

earlwbollinger

I was going through my coins looking for something suitable to submit for my free quarterly grading, when I noticed
the little tiny bright blue-green spot on one of my Morgan dollars.
Aauugh the horror of it, the horror.
As you zoom in you'll see the really tiny blue-green spot right in front of Ms Liberty's eye, making her crosseyed I expect.

100proof1957

Poly Vinyl Chloride

XpipedreamR

I thought this type of corrosion, these little dark green mossy spots, were not PVC but a verdigris due to the copper in the coin. So is this spot related to PVC?

robertpr

I would see if I could get NGC to NCS it away for you, as it could be PVC and would fall under their guarantee.

CapAnson

Yeah Green=Bad. That spot will eat a hole right through your coin in 20 or 30 years.

ColonialCoinUnion

I feel your pain.

As a kid, I once tried to remove a small carbon spot from a coin using a toothpick - which is a solution I would not recommend in this case.

bushmaster8

It's a $15 coin. I wouldn't shed too many tears over it!

kieferscoins

It would be cheaper to buy a MS-63 in the same date then send it to NCS.

Cameron Kiefer

XpipedreamR

But is it PVC? I've always gotten conflicting info regarding these little buggers...

mr1931S

"I thought this type of corrosion, these little dark green mossy spots, were not PVC but a verdigris due to the copper in the coin. "

I think you're right. Chloride of copper.

earlwbollinger

Yes it is a delimma, it would cost about $10.00 to have NCS to conserve it, then about $12.00 to have NGC regrade it, if possible,
then about 4.00 to send it to NCS and $12 to send it back to me, which totals about $39.00 more or less.
But you could buy one in MS62 like this one without the spot for $10-$15 on Ebay in a NGC slab. Maybe a MS62 PCGS coin for $25 or so. For $40-$50 dollars a MS63 PCGS would maybe be possible.

So I could send it off to be conserved and saved which costs more than it is worth.
Or I could "honestly" sell it on EBAY and let someone else deal with it.
Or I could crack it out and conserve it myself and if the conserving isn't very good make a belt buckle/pocket piece out of it.
Or don't do anything and see how big the hole gets.

It's too bad the green spot wasn't at the top of the coin conveniently placed for nice hole drilling. LordMarcovan would have loved it.

dorkkarl

it should not prove difficult to replace that coin!

K S

XpipedreamR

<< <i>it should not prove difficult to replace that coin!

K S >>









Yes, but do you know what that crap on the coin is?

tsacch

oh man, that sucks................dip/soak and resubmit if you got the chaching......or send her to NGC and ask for the guarentee...... either way it still sucks that they slabbed her.

some forum member....maybe Mike, says he dips em all before sending in to the plastic tomb enclosing masters.......good idea.......unless you buy em slabbed ready made.

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earlwbollinger

I am wondering if someone sneezed in the slabbing room, and a tiny drop of moisture go on the coin just as they were getting ready to close it up. Or there was a tiny moisture spot on the coin that stayed on there during the entire send in to be graded process.

dollardude

Yes, the coin is not worth much, but this is a good lesson to learn for more expensive coins.

earlwbollinger

some forum member....maybe Mike, says he dips em all before sending in to the plastic tomb enclosing masters.......good idea.......unless you buy em slabbed ready made.

I remember a while back someone had bought a expensive slabbed coin, that turned bad inside the slab after a short while.
It was determined that it wasn't cleaned or stablized properly after dipping. But it lasted long enough to get through the
grading and slabbing process to go bad a few months later.

nwcs

Send it in for grade guarantee and make them substitute it with a good one.