1883 IH 1904 BARBER DIME

[VTDFX]

FOUND THEM BOTH ON AN OLD PROPERTY FROM THE LATE 1800'S.I DONT DARE CLEAN THE PENNY THINKING I MIGHT DAMAGE IT.DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THE GRADE IS ON THE PENNY.
THANKS

 

[Detectingfreak]

Very nice job on the Indian head penny! Did you have a heart attack like I almost did when digging it up? I'm sure its not your fist, but if it is congratulations! If I were to grade the Penny I would grade it Good to Very Good because it still has soil on it. Do not clean the penny either, since the date shows up really clear then thats all you need to see. Nice job on the IH and the Silver Barber dime!

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

I agree with Detectingfreak,

Great finds !!

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[Bob S]

Great Finds WTG

 

[bclark]

Nice finds. My day is coming soon I feel it. This year will be a year for firsts for me. Congrats.

 

[PS-RI]

it looks in pretty good shape to me great finds

 

[Butler]

NICE FINDS! They both look pretty good to me for taking such a long dirt nap!

 

[Marchas45]

Awesome find, can't wait for my ground to thaw, Yahoooo come on 40 degree temps. Charlie

 

[allen]

congrats on both of those wonderful coins...

 

[HolyDiver]

Congrats on both of those coin. They look in good condition.

 

[coltdavis]

awesome finds!

 

[Big E]

Nice Barber and Indian. Good will have no Liberty visible, very good some letters of Liberty visible, and fine Liberty is mostly visible.

Big E

 

[John987]

Nice finds!! Congrats! I wouldn't clean them........... they're fine the way they are.
Happy Hunting!

John

 

[kdismuke1]

NICE FINDS. DON'T CLEAN THEM.

 

[bigrig40]

excellent finds!! wtg,bigrig

 

[mlayers]

Congrats on your finds they both are great looking coins....Matt

 

[DugHoles]

Incredible coins

Happy Hunting,

Dugholes

 

[John (Ma)]

Very nice coins.

 

[hikeinmts]

If you don't clean the indian, and there is any kind of mineral in the dirt on the coin, it will continue to do it's work at degrading the coin. I found an 1877 Indian - the queen of the Indians.....and didn't clean it. Looked great, could i.d. it as an EF, with all very bold LIBERTY lettering. Now, it is a cull. Because I didn't clean it.
The mineral kept at it, and reduced it, put holes in it.
Now, I dont know how to clean it......ask in the Forum under cleaning tips......and get someones expert advice.
Perhaps not cleaning it is the best way.....in 10 years or so you will know the answer to that. If there was no mineral, then you will be okay. If there is mineral
in the dirt in the area you found your coin, then you will know that, too, by the residue from your coin that it has eaten into.
Don't mean to scare you....just educate. Perhaps the best bet would be to get a sample of the dirt where you dug the coin and take it in and have it analyzed.
ALWAYS "not cleaning it" isn't necessarily the best answer every time.
Great finds. Both coins in great shape.

 

[treasurefiend]