To Clean or Not to Clean

[ConshyBoy]

This coin was found in Philadelphia Pa. at a construction site approximately 25’ below the surface would cleaning it to expose details and date hurt its value

 

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[roy2bears]

Clean it

 

[Dozer D]

By all means clean it,but carefully & a little at a time. Let us know the outcome, at lease you know it's a large one cent. Should be interesting.

 

[flinthunter]

It's sure a crusty Indian. Gotta wonder how it got 25 feet below the surface.

 

[cudamark]

Start with an acetone bath and careful cleaning with a cotton swab until you can determine the date.

 

[ConshyBoy]

Unfortunately it’s not my coin, it’s a friend of mine and the and the company he works for were digging down about 20’ to 25’ below street level to create lower levels of new parking garage when remnants of a privy were unearthed my friend hunts bottles and was searching the privy area is where he found the coin

 

[Dozer D]

If there were any bones dug up, the site would have to be shut down for investigation purposes. But yet, very strange how a coin could get down 20'ft. Could have been some type of homestead.

 

[cudamark]

It probably fell into the privy way back when......