First Wheat Cent

[shanegalang]

Did some hunting this past weekend with my brother in Deridder La. We hit a large field where the old high school sat. I'm excited as I found my 1rst goal, a wheat cent. Only problem is that of all the places it could be...its corroded on half of the date. I have tried peroxide and soap/ warm water. Far as I can tell from the blown up photo is that its a 1936 D. I'm not at all concerened with damage to the coin..........any suggestions on how to make the date readable? Perhaps electrolysis? Thanks for any and all input! Shane

 

[civilman1]

Congrat's on the Wheat Shane....I don't know,Don in SJ had a good point in a previous post about the peroxide method,sometime's the coin is beyond "repair".Maybe someone help else can steer you in the right direction.Again Congrat's and HH!!

 

[hollowpointred]

congrats on your first wheat! it wont be long before you have a whole jar full of them! i think everyone always remembers thier first though. im sure there will be a lot of even better firsts coming in the near future!

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

shanegalang,

congrat on that first wheat.

Hope it is the first of many.

have a good un.....
SHERMANVILLE

 

[Pepper2004]

Shane, congrats on your first wheat! I hope someone can help you get it cleaned up enough to date it.

HH,
Pepper