My Oldest Copper: Udated Post

[xcopperstax]

Here is an update to my post from last week. I didn't make it out this weekend but I did get to clean up my coin so this is my post:

I asked people for advice / help on the cleaning of my coin as it had started to flake. I hadn't seen any responses yet and it was drying out so I took a gamble and dropped it in some olive oil to see if that would help the situation. I've had a few coins go to complete crap as I tried to clean them. After a week in the olive oil I took it out and took some toothpicks to it. At first the results were not looking good as I wasn't sure if I was chipping off all the detail while I took the centuries of crust off it. In the end the coin retained a lot of detail and a lot of integrity on it's surfaces. I'm quite happy with the results: I obsessed over it and thought about my coin every day... multiple times haha. If I could do it again I'd probably just take a toothpick to it when I got home as I don't think the olive oil had the time to work any magic or do much of anything. I may have darkened the coin but I'm happy with the results. I am super stoked on this coin and so happy with how it came out. Thanks to Smokey The Cat and others for cleaning advice that I didn't really get to take.... and thank you for reading!

1723 KG I Hibernia Farthing!

 

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[park pirate]

Nice...

 

[Steve in PA]

Very nice. That's one copper I haven't dug yet.

 

[smokeythecat]

Looks good!

 

[Jeff H]

That did come out nice !

 

[A2coins]

Fantastic job an a great coin. Doubt Ill ever find a copper around these parts. Awesome

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Love the old coppers!

 

[Rookster]

Congratulations. Really nice find.

 

[Silvermonkey]

I've gotta say...that came out of its bath looking pretty damn good. Great detail!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Lot of meat on the bones with that coin, very nice!

 

[smokeythecat]

You did a very good job with it. George I coppers are very hard to get, especially in this condition. I just had to repost!

 

[Johncoho]

Nothing wrong with that cleaning. It looks really nice.

 

[xcopperstax]

You did a very good job with it. George I coppers are very hard to get, especially in this condition. I just had to repost!

Thanks Smokey! Now I need to find a William III or a William and Mary! Also need to find a cartwheel penny and a …. and and and … the list never ends!!!!

 

[Wildcat1750]

Well done!
Thanks for the update!

 

[silverfreak]

Very nice!

 

[Joe-Dirt]

That came out nice!! I had the same issues cleaning my nova constellatio I found this summer. I just let it dry and carefully tooth picked it and finished it off with Andre’s pencils, great job brother!!

 

[xcopperstax]

That came out nice!! I had the same issues cleaning my nova constellatio I found this summer. I just let it dry and carefully tooth picked it and finished it off with Andre’s pencils, great job brother!!

Thanks Joe! Does your post have an updated photo of it? I'll look and see on the post.

 

[GaRebel1861]

Looks good!

 

[Rubka888]

That is a beauty! Congrats