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Valued Member
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Yes the answer is definitely ignorance, but sometimes that ignorance is innocent and sometimes it is not. I remember as a kid I 'discovered' that if I soaked one of my old pennies in one of mom's cleaners that it came out nice and bright and shiny! So I decided to put my whole jar of wheat pennies in a big bowl and dump the cleaner in it (I don't remember what kind of cleaner, but I think it was vinegar based from the smell as best I can recall.) I was delighted when I saw them start to turn bright and shiny right away, but horrified hours later when I went to dump it out and saw they were nearly all some awful shade of pink. When my father (who introduced me to coin collecting) found out that night all he could do was facepalm and mumble something about his child having been switched at the hospital with a lobotomy patient.  People sometimes clean coins because they don't know any better and it is not unnatural for those not numismatically knowledgeable to assume that clean and shiny is better than dirty and dark. Edited by TenHalves
11/16/2012 4:02 pm
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United States
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No not all even if its in jewelry it will still have collector value, with KEY date coins. But it can turn a 3k coin into a 100$, for example. Collectors want it as close to when it was minted as possible, with as much luster as possible. But, collectors on a budget definitely want the coins that would other wise be impossible to afford. We buy CC`s that are circ and cleaned and make sets for people. Also, they make good filler coins........
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United States
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It doesn't detract from the silver content.....but it destroys collector value...same thing when people bust gsa dollars out and send it in to grade...I know a guy that had a 81-CC gsa 66( I believe) dmpl and sent it in to pcgs, same grade lost bout 5k value
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Bedrock of the Community
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I agree, basebal21. I've liked my coins white, but I'm learning to accept some toning, spots, etc. to be as close as possible to the coin's original skin. "Blast white" classic coins probably aren't such a blast in the long run. Personally I like blast white and probably wont change on that but who knows. A blast white coin can always tone but a toned coin cant return to blast white. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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There was a period of time that cleaning coins was perfectly acceptible to the collecting community. Even worse than that, (a few hundred years ago) collectors of large medalic ancients used to stamp their "collection" mark on them, write catalogue numbers in Indian ink on them and do all sorts of things that people would faint over now.
So, yes, ignorance up to a point - but some cleaning type damage was done because it was the norm at that time.
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One word - IGNORANCE I agree. Most of the time this happens because they just do not know any better. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Some people just see coins for their silver content. :(
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 For some reason people (non-Numismatists) associate coins with cars. The shinier the car, the more attention it will attract and the greater the chance of it being sold? Glenn  |
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United States
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I think that coin would fall technically fall into the category of love tokens. I believe this was an accepted practice at one time or another. Not saying it's right to deface one side of these coins, but they are fun to see.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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most love tokens I have seen had initials of the loved one on one side and those I love and have quite a few of them. I have never seen anything like this being called a love token as usually the one side is machined down to be smooth before it is etched with the initials. This just looks like a damaged Half Dollar to me
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Be nice to know who they are. We could take them out to a back alley and educate 'em! Glenn |
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United Kingdom
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I'm buying and selling a little on ebay at the moment, and this is something I've come accross that's really annoying and nothing to do with silver... bronze/copper buffing! Whoever did this lobbed a zero off the value of the coin probably.  |
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United States
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I had a guy suggest I polish that icky dark dollar ... a 1799 flowing hair ... I had to educate him ...
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Posted 11/17/2012 2:21 pm
