Check out the toning on this 1917 5 cent!

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• Blade Posts: 1,744 ✭

  December 21, 2003 2:46AM

  Marty,
  The silver part looks like it was cleaned with steel wool. Could just be the pic.

  Tom
  
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• mdwoods Posts: 5,559 ✭✭✭

  December 21, 2003 2:46AM

  That's a beauty Marty. Thanks for sharing.

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• XpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭

  December 21, 2003 2:47AM

  

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• Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 21, 2003 2:47AM

  it ain't good, my friend. Cleaned and AT. sorry.

  Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

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• MadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭

  December 21, 2003 2:48AM

  Looks like an old (and very bad cleaning), but for $5 it's PURDY!!!

  It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!
  
  

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• Bubblehead Posts: 1,621 ✭✭✭

  December 21, 2003 2:52AM

  $5.00..???
  'Ya got robbed!

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