*Cleaned Up My Flying Eagle Cent*

Decided to dry brush and toothpick my flying eagle cent that I found in June today. I think it cleaned up really nicely!


Before:


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You couldn't see anything on the back.


After:


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I'm really happy with the results. How do you guys think I did? :)

GL and HH!

Isaac

:clapping:Looks really good that is an awesome find I never new there was such a coin until you posted it in June so again :congrats:

Isaac , in my opinion these kinds of coins ( flying eagles and "fat Indian heads" 59-64) are the hardest to clean because of their composition. These were.880% copper and .120% nickle content and the two metals react and oxidize differently in the ground and they usually have a "grainy" or gritty look about their surfaces.

after all that said , I think you did pretty well sir !!

Fattie Indians and Flying Eagle cents are notoriously hard to clean because of their composition. You did a good job cleaning it. If you over clean it, you would lose all definition. From the looks of it, yours was dropped in very nice condition.

Good job on the cleaning. I would stop there though as you don't want to lose the remaining detail.

John

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Originally Posted by Nesdore

:clapping:Looks really good that is an awesome find I never new there was such a coin until you posted it in June so again :congrats:

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Thank you so much Nesdore! :)

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Originally Posted by del

Isaac , in my opinion these kinds of coins ( flying eagles and "fat Indian heads" 59-64) are the hardest to clean because of their composition. These were.880% copper and .120% nickle content and the two metals react and oxidize differently in the ground and they usually have a "grainy" or gritty look about their surfaces.

after all that said , I think you did pretty well sir !!

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Thanks for the information and compliment Dan! :beerbuddy: You're right, the front of the coin especially has a "grainy" surface.

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Originally Posted by BTV Digger

Good job on the cleaning. I would stop there though as you don't want to lose the remaining detail.

John

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Thanks John! :)

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Originally Posted by coinnut

Fattie Indians and Flying Eagle cents are notoriously hard to clean because of their composition. You did a good job cleaning it. If you over clean it, you would lose all definition. From the looks of it, yours was dropped in very nice condition.

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Thank you so much coinnut! I agree, the coin was dropped in very nice condition. One thing I don't completely understand is why a flying eagle cent was dropped in this nice (and not worn) of condition at a 1908 house - over 50 years later? Seems possible but unlikely, maybe this was dropped when this area was farmland? Who knows!

We'll never know what actually happens to the coins we find. It could have been in someone's collection or maybe even put aside because it was such a beautiful coin and although the series shows 3 different dates, only 1857 and 1858 really made it out to the public. Your guess is as good as any Issac. It could well have been there prior to the house, or maybe brought in with the fill dirt when they built the house. Either way, it's a really good thing for you that it was there :lol:

That's a fantastic find Isaac, I don't see hardly any of them posted here. You did a great job cleaning it.