# 1864 penny a bucket lister

**URL:** <https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/1864-penny-a-bucket-lister/613>\
**Category:** Coin and Treasure\
**Created:** [20 June 2021 10:34 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/1864-penny-a-bucket-lister/613 "2021-06-20T10:34:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Indi](https://forum.pmat.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/f475e1/32.png) [@Indi](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/Indi)\
**Post date:** [20 June 2021 10:34 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/1864-penny-a-bucket-lister/613/1 "2021-06-20T10:34:42Z")

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Got a bucket lister today a 1864 penny sadly in very bad condition but at least one off the list

 ![image](https://forum.pmat.org.au/uploads/default/original/1X/00101e8eed2b5dbcf5e642b6c5760dd56a18cf73.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![karl](https://forum.pmat.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@karl](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/karl)\
**Post date:** [24 June 2021 11:13 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/1864-penny-a-bucket-lister/613/2 "2021-06-24T11:13:02Z")

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I just watched a video [on DIY electrolysis.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO-wIIDDQRI)  
You can make one of these easily with stuff around the house for sure.

This coin looks like a candidate for electrolysis 🙂

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**Author:** ![ratters](https://forum.pmat.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/97f17d/32.png) [@ratters](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/ratters)\
**Post date:** [25 June 2021 11:21 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/1864-penny-a-bucket-lister/613/3 "2021-06-25T11:21:20Z")

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@karl I use electrolysis all the time in the workshop cleaning rusty stuff, works amazingly well but I have not tried anything non-ferrous yet.

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**Author:** ![RedKelly](https://forum.pmat.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RedKelly](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/RedKelly)\
**Post date:** [26 June 2021 13:48 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/1864-penny-a-bucket-lister/613/4 "2021-06-26T13:48:25Z")

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In the axe forums they use Vinegar or better yet RUST-OLEUM.

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**Author:** ![karl](https://forum.pmat.org.au/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@karl](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/karl)\
**Post date:** [28 June 2021 09:11 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/1864-penny-a-bucket-lister/613/5 "2021-06-28T09:11:08Z")

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Hi ratters. I made an electrolysis kit following the video. I used a small 12V 100mA plugpack that really puts out around 17v. I used reo and it makes a lot of bubbles on both terminals. In the US they call it baking soda but here it’s bicarb. A good multimeter pays for itself pretty fast. Cheap multimeters are not worth buying in my opinion.

What I learned from this video is never use table salt for cleaning anything because of the iodine. Old coins in Australia were circulated for a long time and are often smooth. No amount of cleaning will change this. In my opinion smooth coins with no date are just garbage and thats where I send them.

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**Author:** ![miguel](https://forum.pmat.org.au/user_avatar/forum.pmat.org.au/miguel/32/9_2.png) [@miguel](https://forum.pmat.org.au/u/miguel)\
**Post date:** [16 August 2021 01:54 UTC](https://forum.pmat.org.au/t/1864-penny-a-bucket-lister/613/6 "2021-08-16T01:54:49Z")

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Older coins have a fair bit of weight of copper in them, and copper is reasonably valuable. For example 1 and 2 cent pieces contain more copper than their face value (which is why they were withdrawn from circulation).

I put all mine in a bucket for eventually selling as scrap.