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CalifornianKingCalifornianKing Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭✭
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This just showed up in the mail.. Should I clean it? How would you recommend cleaning it? I heard steel wool was a good option

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  • CalifornianKingCalifornianKing Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭✭

    @DelawareDoons said:
    Spend it on some ice cream and let somebody else handle it.

    Sure! Great Idea! Just like the chick who spent them in 1894!

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,731 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ink erasers also do a good job! ;)

    All glory is fleeting.
  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,660 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow! One of only 6. Great addition. Be easy with the steel wool, only dab it. ;)
    Jim


    When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln

    Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
  • MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 9,010 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I can get those in junk bins all day long. Post something nice would ya?

    Click on this link to see my ebay listings.

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 15,126 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CalifornianKing said:

    @DelawareDoons said:
    Spend it on some ice cream and let somebody else handle it.

    Sure! Great Idea! Just like the chick who spent them in 1894!

    There's no documentation that anyone spent one (much less "them", as in plural) in 1894. And even if one was spent at that time, it wouldn't have been done by a young chicken.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • truebloodtrueblood Posts: 609 ✭✭✭✭

    So why does pcgs price guide not have a slot of the 1894-s 10c?

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,660 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They didn't know anyone could afford one.
    Jim


    When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln

    Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
  • CalifornianKingCalifornianKing Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:

    @CalifornianKing said:

    @DelawareDoons said:
    Spend it on some ice cream and let somebody else handle it.

    Sure! Great Idea! Just like the chick who spent them in 1894!

    There's no documentation that anyone spent one (much less "them", as in plural) in 1894. And even if one was spent at that time, it wouldn't have been done by a young chicken.

    From what I heard from the coin show podcast, the mint director gave his daughter some of these dimes, and told her to save them, and she spent them on the way home at the grocery store for ice cream.

  • CalifornianKingCalifornianKing Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭✭

    @trueblood said:
    So why does pcgs price guide not have a slot of the 1894-s 10c?

    They do? Also it’s a multi million $ coin

  • CalifornianKingCalifornianKing Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭✭

    @Meltdown said:
    I can get those in junk bins all day long. Post something nice would ya?

    Alright. Here’s something I actually own lol

  • CalifornianKingCalifornianKing Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:

    @CalifornianKing said:

    @DelawareDoons said:
    Spend it on some ice cream and let somebody else handle it.

    Sure! Great Idea! Just like the chick who spent them in 1894!

    There's no documentation that anyone spent one (much less "them", as in plural) in 1894. And even if one was spent at that time, it wouldn't have been done by a young chicken

    By chick, I meant a girl....

  • CalifornianKingCalifornianKing Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭✭

    @291fifth said:
    Ink erasers also do a good job! ;)

    Alright. I’ll scrub it as hard as I can!

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 15,126 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @trueblood said:
    So why does pcgs price guide not have a slot of the 1894-s 10c?

    See at bottom:

    https://www.pcgs.com/prices/detail/barber-dime-1892-1916/702/most-active/pr?specNo=4805&pn=1

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 15,126 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 1, 2021 12:56PM

    @CalifornianKing said:

    @MFeld said:

    @CalifornianKing said:

    @DelawareDoons said:
    Spend it on some ice cream and let somebody else handle it.

    Sure! Great Idea! Just like the chick who spent them in 1894!

    There's no documentation that anyone spent one (much less "them", as in plural) in 1894. And even if one was spent at that time, it wouldn't have been done by a young chicken.

    From what I heard from the coin show podcast, the mint director gave his daughter some of these dimes, and told her to save them, and she spent them on the way home at the grocery store for ice cream.

    The story (which, to my knowledge, has never been verified) mentioned one, not "them".

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • Dave99BDave99B Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Common date. Dip it bright white. :)

    Dave

    Always looking for original, better date VF20-VF35 Barber quarters and halves, and a quality beer.
  • SilverProofQuarter1883SilverProofQuarter1883 Posts: 1,884 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A sweat bath of hydrochloric acid should do the trick. Your whole coin may completely dissolve but it’s ok, at least the tarnish will be gone. 👍

  • CalifornianKingCalifornianKing Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:

    @CalifornianKing said:

    @MFeld said:

    @CalifornianKing said:

    @DelawareDoons said:
    Spend it on some ice cream and let somebody else handle it.

    Sure! Great Idea! Just like the chick who spent them in 1894!

    There's no documentation that anyone spent one (much less "them", as in plural) in 1894. And even if one was spent at that time, it wouldn't have been done by a young chicken.

    From what I heard from the coin show podcast, the mint director gave his daughter some of these dimes, and told her to save them, and she spent them on the way home at the grocery store for ice cream.

    The story (which, to my knowledge, has never been verified) mentioned one, not "them".

    What I heard (which is like 257th hand hersay, was that she spent $1 of them. Which after reading, seems to be that she only got 3. There were 2 circulated examples so...)

  • CalifornianKingCalifornianKing Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭✭

    @markelman1125 said:
    A sweat bath of hydrochloric acid should do the trick. Your whole coin may completely dissolve but it’s ok, at least the tarnish will be gone. 👍

    Should I bang it with a hammer?

  • SilverProofQuarter1883SilverProofQuarter1883 Posts: 1,884 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CalifornianKing said:

    @markelman1125 said:
    A sweat bath of hydrochloric acid should do the trick. Your whole coin may completely dissolve but it’s ok, at least the tarnish will be gone. 👍

    Should I bang it with a hammer?

    Actually that’s a good idea might shake off some of that surface tarnish, might make your coin a little flatter and dented but it don’t really matter, as long as the tarnish is gone, lol 😂

  • CalifornianKingCalifornianKing Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭✭

    @markelman1125 said:

    @CalifornianKing said:

    @markelman1125 said:
    A sweat bath of hydrochloric acid should do the trick. Your whole coin may completely dissolve but it’s ok, at least the tarnish will be gone. 👍

    Should I bang it with a hammer?

    Actually that’s a good idea might shake off some of that surface tarnish, might make your coin a little flatter and dented but it don’t really matter, as long as the tarnish is gone, lol 😂

    I know. I was originally going to use sandpaper power tools on it, but I decided it might damage the coin. I decided to run it over with a tank!

  • SilverProofQuarter1883SilverProofQuarter1883 Posts: 1,884 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CalifornianKing said:

    @markelman1125 said:

    @CalifornianKing said:

    @markelman1125 said:
    A sweat bath of hydrochloric acid should do the trick. Your whole coin may completely dissolve but it’s ok, at least the tarnish will be gone. 👍

    Should I bang it with a hammer?

    Actually that’s a good idea might shake off some of that surface tarnish, might make your coin a little flatter and dented but it don’t really matter, as long as the tarnish is gone, lol 😂

    I know. I was originally going to use sandpaper power tools on it, but I decided it might damage the coin. I decided to run it over with a tank!

    Well the highest grade of sand paper are the rough treads of a 10 ton tank.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Back in that time (1894) a dime for an ice cream cone would have resulted in about 7 cents change. I know the story is unverified myth, but I thought I would add to it..... ;) Heck an ice cream cone was ten cents when I was a kid...Cheers, RickO

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