Abraham Lincoln still looks good at 98 years old

[crazyjarhead]

I found 2 really old wheat pennies at my other hunting spot a few months ago and didn't think it was a big deal to take pics of them. After lightly cleaning them ( they came out of the ground in nearly mint condition) as you can see I decided that they were worthy of posting. I've noticed from finding quite a few wheaties that some have a slight greenish look to them and clean up rather nice, while others don't. I'm sure soil conditions and metalic make-up of the coin has something to do with that. Thanks for looking

 

[TimC (North Alabama)]

Re: Abraham Lincoln still looks good after all of these years

Must have been some smooth soil with a low acid content otherwise they would have been toast. Beautiful!

 

[Groovedymond]

Re: Abraham Lincoln still looks good after all of these years

Those are in incredible shape! Just magnifiCENT.... hee hee...

I've been using the old warm Hydrogen Peroxide on my wheats I find and it seems to do the trick. Had a wheat I couldn't get a date off. After leaving it to sit over night in the solution, the next morning I wiped it with a Q-Tip and instantly got a 1930 date!

 

[hogge]

Re: Abraham Lincoln still looks good after all of these years

WOW... Wish some of my wheaties came out that nice! Congrats..... Hogge

 

[goldencoin]

Re: Abraham Lincoln still looks good after all of these years

Sweet Wheats

HH
-GC

 

[Detectingfreak]

Re: Abraham Lincoln still looks good after all of these years

Thats awesome!!!!! You did a really nice job cleaning up that lincoln!

 

[NGE]

Re: Abraham Lincoln still looks good after all of these years

SWHEAT! Possibly the lack of man made fertilizer is what saved Abe?

 

[treasurefiend]

Re: Abraham Lincoln still looks good after all of these years

Wow, they cleaned up perfect!!!

 

[crazyjarhead]

Re: Abraham Lincoln still looks good after all of these years

Thanks for all of the nice replies. They really didn't take more than soap and water

 

[ivan salis]

great coins --in great shape too -- very nice indeed

 

[Kevo_DFX]

The 1911 is my favorite penny. There is something about the double 1 without serifs that seems to strike me.

(I dont owna 1909 S or VDB, or that would probably be my fave )

 

[BandB1]

Very nice old wheats. I've been soaking a 1910 in olive oil for weeks now, it has improved but is still a bit crusted.

Good luck,
HH.

 

[Dman]

Wow, Those cleaned up great. They are in excellent condition.
Dman

 

[silverfreak]

Those are incredible. I can only imagine what an injun would look like from there

 

[daytondigger]

Wow, those are sharp! Every early wheat I dig at my picnic grounds tend to be orange and porous. Iron and other minerals in the soil cause this. I'd post early wheats in that kind of shape every time I dug them.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Thanks for the kind replies. I haven't been back to that place for a while, but it's still available. The lady was trying to move in but hasn't yet. She lives in another house in town. I don't know the whole story. Most of the pennies I have found around here have been in remarkable shape. Like I have said in previous posts, the soil (for some reason) is not clay or wet (muddy) It's kind of granular in nature. I don't think fertilizers were ever used as the sites are very old. I don't believe that this was a commaon practice on lawns in old days.

 

[kimsdad]

CJH, I said it before & I'll say it again - That is a cool house!

Nice wheats!

The ones I find here in Illinois don't usually clean up that easily or that well - and that goes for coins found in the woods where there was probably no fertilizer applied.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Thanks Kimsdad. I hope to find a 1909 from there since I found these.

 

[Goes4ever]

I have never dug a wheatie that came out that nice and clean w/o using peroxide. Seems like the crud just clings to wheats

those wheats are beautiful

 

[crazyjarhead]

I have only dug a few that was hard to clean. Forget the new pennies. I throw most of them "back in" because they are junk. I've dug pennies a few years old that are so corroded. If we keep on making cheap money, the next generation will not have a hobby as the coins today will be gone tomorrow.

 

[allen]

that is the way wheaties should look...