Nice barber I found in my yard - SCRATCHED IT! Fixable?

[jdeiana]

Found this nice barber quarter in my yard - Got sloppy on the recovery and scratched along the lower right face portion of the coin. Anyone ever have any success getting out a shallow scratch like this on a silver coin? Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated.

 

[DirtDean]

It's a beautiful coin even with the scratch! Sorry, I don't know of a way to remove the scratch. How's the other side look?

 

[jdeiana]

other side is in great shape. better than the front. shame to scratch a nice one like that.

 

[Goes4ever]

great coin, but no way to remove a scratch, don't worry we all do it, be glad it was not a key date

 

[FooserPaul]

great coin, but no way to remove a scratch, don't worry we all do it, be glad it was not a key date

I agree w/Terry.... It happens... and will happen again down the road... sometimes pinpoints is tough depending how trashy the area... I'd be happy for the coin... forget the scratch...

Paul

 

[wyohunter99]

Nice find!!!! I would leave it the way it is adds character to it

 

[TokenDigger]

Nice find. I would leave as is. With time, the scratch will darken (tarnish) and the shine in the scratches will lessen. I never clean silver anyways - the tarnish and dark areas add character. HH

 

[Nick A]

You can't fix it, anything you do can only make it worse. My first Barber quarter has a nice gouge out of it as well... live and learn.

 

[CONDUCTOR7E]

Nice coin-SXXT Happens right? Live and learn. I've scratched a few myself.I tend to dig bigger plugs because of it now.

 

[bruce01364]

My first year of detecting I scratched a couple coins. Been detecting 6 years now and thought I had figured out how to dig a coin without scratching it. Well, I got a somewhat dime signal but the numbers weren't consistent... 40,43,39 but worth digging. After I dug the plug I lost the signal. Thought it must have been a rusty nail that lost it's halo effect after digging the plug but wanted to know if it was actually a nail or something else. My all metal pinpointer saw something in the hole so started hacking away with my digger to see what it was. Darn....I saw silver pop up and I had scratched it. Don't know why I lost the signal but decided I have to get a Sunray inline probe. I think it would have told me that there was a coin in the hole and not iron.

 

[jdeiana]

oh damn - that is a very nice barber - guess it DOES happen to the best of us. thanks for the story and pic.

 

[utahshovelhead]

Leave it like it is. Or I guess you could scratch it all over then you wont notice the one scratch (he he) sorry bro...the best advice is to be glad you rescued a beauty like that and start lookin for another!

good luck
utahshovelhead

 

[jdeiana]

it's a good lesson. i am more careful now. now maybe i won't scratch a key date coin if i ever find one.

 

[OhioCoinHunter]

I've scratched some coins too. It happens. Knocks the value way down. But you still had the thrill of finding it and it's silver!

 

[bummer]

It happens i once sratched a seated dime before.