Help Identify 19x9 Wheat

[toorude89]

Any help appreciated.

 

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[Dozer D]

Too much corrosion to salvage. Can you tell if it's a Wheatie?

 

[port ewen ace]

rub with a DRY toothbrush. if that fails, no more than a minute of electrolysis

 

[toorude89]

Too much corrosion to salvage. Can you tell if it's a Wheatie?

Yea it is for sure a wheat.

 

[cudamark]

Without further cleaning, my guess is 1909.

 

[A2coins]

1939

 

[l.cutler]

I'm in for 1939.

 

[Rookster]

I hate when that happens. 09 or 39.

 

[PetesPockets55]

Why not an image of the reverse to see if VDB is visible?

 

[IDXMonster]

It looks more like a 39 under certain enlargement, and the top of the number in question looks flat. The 1909 wheats I’ve found also “corrode” in a different way than wheats past the 20’s for some reason, the older ones seem to hold up a lot better and just turn a funny “pea green”. It’s tore up anyway, just brush it.

 

[TreasureCatto]

It’s a 39 to me

Use electrolysis like PEA said.

 

[metaldiggr]

Take it in a dark room and shoot a flashlight across the coin so you get shadows. I think it's too crusty to see though. I've found so many wheaties as of late that, if they're bad, I'll take some lemon juice and a toothbrush. I have every Philly from 1909 to 1935 so I tend to not be as careful as I once was. Unless they're pitted really bad they clean up nice then I hit them with Mother's Mag and Uluminum polish. Again, I have plenty with the original patina.