Very sad indian head penny

[Lord Verdigris]

Dug this today. Someone used it on a nail back in the day. Worst one I ever found. May get a date later.

 

[Prestigitation Digger]

I have heard that large cents were used as replacement washers when needed. Coins were sometimes also nailed to the beams of houses as they were built for good luck.

 

[bobby5]

Actually pretty cool, beats a pop top, lol. Good Luck

 

[Lord Verdigris]

I believe its a 1895. I worked hard to get a date. I'm at 18-5. Will put final pics up when or if I can.

 

[adaminnh]

Seen a lot of "holed" coins on Tnet..but yours wins for size! Congrats on a very unique Indian!

 

[Lord Verdigris]

After the comments I guess it's not so sad after all. Haha

 

[adaminnh]

After the comments I guess it's not so sad after all. Haha

Treasures be treasures my friend and beauty is in the eye of the be"holed"er lol!

 

[Lord Verdigris]

Treasures be treasures my friend and beauty is in the eye of the be"holed"er lol!

Good one! Haha

 

[Kaleb71386]

At least you can make out what it is still. Any Indian head is nice any chance you found it where they took a house down?

 

[Lord Verdigris]

At least you can make out what it is still. Any Indian head is nice any chance you found it where they took a house down?

There was a house there at one time. No signs of it now but the elderly lady who owns the property said it was there. I got a lot of old coins in the property.

 

[adaminnh]

Good one! Haha

I own that..anyone caught using it must pay a royalty lol

 

[Lord Verdigris]

I'm slowly bringing it back....

 

[Kaleb71386]

Very nice how are you cleaning it?

 

[Old Dude]

That thing was so bad, I might have tossed it in my trash pouch, because I probably would not have recognized it as an IH. Congrats on finding it, knowing what it was and apparently cleaning it well!

 

[Lord Verdigris]

I will have to post it again now that I think its as good as it can be. You can even get the date but it's very hard to see because it took the most abuse. All I did to clean it was give it a soak in distilled water and then put it in olive oil for a few days. Every once in awhile I would pull it out and wipe it to see if any more dirt/rust from the nail would come off. (:

 

[Kaleb71386]

Cool thanks for sharing your method

 

[Lord Verdigris]

Cool thanks for sharing your method

Well it was kinda guess work. I didn't even know if it would help that rough of a coin out. But it for sure didn't hurt it!

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Thats pretty wild!, A conversation piece for sure.

 

[Kaleb71386]

Well it was kinda guess work. I didn't even know if it would help that rough of a coin out. But it for sure didn't hurt it!

For sure didn't hurt it. It looks a lot better I think good work