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How to clean this Shield Nickel
ajbauman
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When I was going though some of my wheaties today... I found a shield nickel!! I was pretty stoked...but it's in pretty bad shape.
I think that the details are probably "fine" but I can't see anything under all of this junk!!
Anybody have any ideas as to the best way to clean this (someday I might want to submit this to a grader, if it is a rare year or type), so please keep that in mind in your recommendations.
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I think that the details are probably "fine" but I can't see anything under all of this junk!!
Anybody have any ideas as to the best way to clean this (someday I might want to submit this to a grader, if it is a rare year or type), so please keep that in mind in your recommendations.
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A dip in acetone may be able to get some crud off, but will never remove corrosion.
Try a soaking in a solvent, like acetone.
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but it's surface is destroyed and cannot be saved,
it may be worth a little more than a nickle, but not much
you would have a hard time getting a store to accept this
for payment
Since it looks to be beyond hope, try Liquid Wrench.
It's a penetrant, with some solvent traits.
The best suggestion so far though is to sepnd it.
<< <i>The best suggestion so far though is to sepnd it. >>
I'd at least want to know the date first. All we know is that it's apparently not 1866 since we see no trace of rays.
Good luck spending it. That thing is so corroded you would spend five minutes trying to get a clerk to accept it.
If you are serious, soak it in olive oil like I do Ancients for about 3 months. Good luck on the submitting part
It's ready for HYPE and eBay.
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