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1859 penny

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 11:47 am
by brandonlaw
Just wondering what kind of grading this coin I found has

Re: 1859 penny

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 12:13 pm
by coinguy
Welcome to Coins and Canada
With that amount of corrosion, I don't think it would be gradeable.

Re: 1859 penny

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 1:26 pm
by Bill in Burl
Wearwise, it looks VF or XF under the corrosion, but it's way too damaged to be worth anything ... less than a buck or they make great golf ball markers. Acetone will remove some of the green, but the damage is done.

Re: 1859 penny

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:57 pm
by brandonlaw
Thanks for your input I think it'll just be something to keep around the house kind of need to see something like that just laying on the ground and to think it's 161 years old kind of crazy

Re: 1859 penny

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:47 am
by troubadour
reverse looks like cleaned to me
same for the obverse but with a more corrosive chemical