1796 Liberty Cap surface find....

[Scrappy]

Well, the description says it all. I found this at a cellar hole edge after clearing a $h!t ton of brambles. The coin looked like it was a loss, but reluctantly I decided to give it a zap, something I rarely do. The results were spectacular.

Here is the surface find...


First pic...


Best pre-electrolysis ...


And after a zapping ....



And a button I found as well...


Enjoy and best of hunts!

Steve

 

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[Sue_Doanim]

109,825. And a beautiful job on the clean-up.

 

[Johncoho]

Nice recovery, Steve. How long was it zapped?

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Scrappy]

Nice recovery, Steve. How long was it zapped?

Not quite sure. I’m not an electrolysis frequent but I zapped it for around 50 minutes @ 12v and 2amps. Checked it and cleaned ever 4-5 minutes during.

 

[CTXAgGetter]

Nice! That copper had great "potential" for electrolysis!
Thanks for showing the before and after... and... awesome find!

 

[EasternShoreMetal]

My gosh that coin cleaned up great Scrappy..
I have not used electrolysis on anything yet, after seeing your results, I will have to give it a try. Nice work, nice save. HH

 

[port ewen ace]

she's CUTE

 

[basssmann]

Scrappy, turned out real nice... Terrific old , USA coin... basssmann

 

[DigginNorthernVa]

Nice job cleaning the coin! Who would have guessed all that detail was there. Congrats!

 

[Lost Signal]

Victory snatched from the jaws of defeat!

 

[sandchip]

Wow!

 

[RVRoamer74]

That coin really cleaned up nicely. I have never tried doing electrolysis. Looks like you have that down to a science. Congrats and a very nice surface find.

 

[lowcountry]

Phenomenal coin!! 😁😁

 

[Trezurehunter]

That is a spectacular result on the cleaning Steve. Congrats on a nice old Large Cent.

 

[Hawks88]

Nice finds. The coin cleaned up real nice. Makes me want to try electrolysis. Congrats

 

[Scrappy]

109,825. And a beautiful job on the clean-up.

This is my second 1796, so that leaves 109,823!

 

[Scrappy]

My gosh that coin cleaned up great Scrappy..
I have not used electrolysis on anything yet, after seeing your results, I will have to give it a try. Nice work, nice save. HH

Yeah, I’m not a fan of electrolysis just so I’m clear. I avoid it and have probably only zapped less than a 10 large copper coins in the last 5 years. I practiced on junk coins quite a bit to make sure I did it right when the time finally came. But as a whole I really don’t recommend zapping coins. They may look nice but it destroys their value and patina.

Anyway thanks for looking!

 

[Aureus]

Awesome coin and great job cleaning it. Congrats Steve! and

 

[Steve in PA]

Came out real nice Steve. It was definitely worth moving all those brambles!