Making a corroded coin gradeable...

[Brando]

Has anyone here had success taking a coin that was too corroded to grade and turned it in to a pocket coin and worn the corrosion down to produce a gradeable coin?

 

 

[123cents]

I guess it's possible but I've never seen it. It would probably would have to be at least a AU coin that was very lightly corroded.

[WoodenJefferson]

Depends where the corrosion pitting is located on the coin. It would be extremely hard to wear down the fields of a coin as fast as the raised device area. I would suppose it’s possible dependent on the severity.

 

[Coin]

Not a corroded one , but I tried carrying around and not accidentally spending an old Franklin half dollar that had light scratches on the obverse. I gave up and just launched it back into a silver melt can after 2 months and almost no effect .

[James_OldeTowne]

I have not even attempted myself, but a corroded copper can be burnished and recolored to make it slabbable. There are numerous burnished coppers in slabs.

[lkenefic]

I have not even attempted myself, but a corroded copper can be burnished and recolored to make it slabbable. There are numerous burnished coppers in slabs.

 

sad...but true!

[Conder101]

I gave up and just launched it back into a silver melt can after 2 months and almost no effect .

With a scratch you only gave it two months. No patience. Try more like 3 years or so. I had 2000 Sac I put in my pocket the month they came out and I carried it for two years before I lost it By that time it was down to XF-45 Give you some idea how long you'll have to carry it. Oh and I carried in my pocket with a bunch of other change the whole time.

[Barndog]

some people have had success with corroded silver that was AU or so. Worked on it a bit and got it into a slab. Those people (not me) will go nameless.