Lorraine, please help me

[ctbob]

Lorraine, you do such a beautiful job of cleaning everything you find, I hope you can help me clean an old coin I recently found. I know the coin is of no value, but I hope to clean it enough just to find out what it is.
I found this along with a 1965 quarter as shown in these pictures. I thought they where both quarters until I noticed the unidentified one was a little bit larger. My f2 detector gave the quarter a vdi of 79,(normal) but the toasted coin only came in at 62. I think it might be a copper coin, or maybe not a coin at all, but am curious to find out. Any instructions on how you would clean it would be greatly appreciated.
I wasn't sure if I should of posted this in cleaning, id, or beach forum, but I knew you would see it here. Hope to see you soon. bob

 

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[lorraine]

Hi Bob,

Thank you for your comments; unfortunately,I am not so proficient in cleaning older coins to advise you on this one, but I would suggest that you begin by soaking the coin in olive oil for a few days- a couple of weeks to slowly loosen & remove the surface particles .

After that I cannot advise you what following steps to take.

I'm certain that there are knowledgeable members on the forum who could advise you much better as to the cleaning of this interesting coin find.

Would love to see it "in person"; perhaps when we're hunting the same beach you could bring it with you and I can take a look at it.

Question: is there an outer rim of "X's" on the coin..and an inner circle?; kinda looks like that to me in the second photo, but I could be wrong.

Lorraine

 

[ctbob]

thanks Lorraine, I'm going to soak in olive oil now. I didn't see x's, but did see an inner rim. Now that I see this in better light, I think it is some sort of commemorative token. I can barely see a head on the bad side, and alot of small writing on the other.

 

[lorraine]

Yup, could be a token.... I think some were made of aluminum; some were made of brass

As the olive oil sinks in , you can gently rub the item and you should be able to get more "clues" as to its ID.

I love mystery finds; please post the progress of the olive oil soak

Thanks Bob,

Lorraine

 

[CASPER-2]

looks like brass presidential coin - I used to have a collection when I was a kid

 

[CASPER-2]

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[ctbob]

looks like brass presidential coin - I used to have a collection when I was a kid

I think you nailed it casper-2. I'm starting to see a presidential bust on front, and alot of writing on back.thank you for the i.d. help.