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Nice little Wheat Cent Suprise

I was cleaning up one of the few Wheat cents that I find and found an 0 for the third digit. Actually it has a very strong date. No "S". There is still a lot of crud on it and maybe some of that will come off. Anyway it the first 1909 that I have ever found.

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  • pcgs69pcgs69 Posts: 4,258 ✭✭✭✭
    have you tried warm HP? Or a soak in oil could also do the trick. I have mineral oil, but have heard olive oil too. Heard if it's porous, olive oil can seep into the pores though?
  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 5,723 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was actually cleaning it up in a rock tumbler with a bunch of clad. You couldn't even tell it was a Wheat Cent. I thought it was "just another penny".
  • Bayard1908Bayard1908 Posts: 3,975 ✭✭✭✭
    I had the exact same thing happen to me last week, my first ever 1909 Wheat was too crusty to read the date initially. I found another 1909 a few days later though.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Acetone will remove organic debris, and olive oil (a looooooonnnnggg soak) will eventually clean it up too...Cheers, RickO
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