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Pillar of the Community
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dont open all the rolls yet , when I aquired my hoard of 1979 rolls I quickly found out I was getting alot more for an un-opened roll than the open ones, at first I averaged $50 - $80 USD per roll and eventually now that I have flooded the market I still average $20 per roll a year later
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why are they Royal Bank
of Canada. wrappers ?
was that the norm
back then.or
sre there other
bank wrappers ?
just wondering
thanks
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dont open all the rolls yet , when I aquired my hoard of 1979 rolls I quickly found out I was getting alot more for an un-opened roll than the open ones, at first I averaged $50 - $80 USD per roll and eventually now that I have flooded the market I still average $20 per roll a year later I may not open all the rolls right away but for different reasons. I'm really interested in preserving these coins as best I can and I would really appreciate some advice on that matter before I get too deep into this. I would say offhand that 90% of the coins I've seen are MS with some really high MS examples as well. The other 10% either have a 50 year old fingerprint on them or they have verdigris. Can anyone with experience in caring for copper coins offer some advice on preservation and also safe removal of verdigris? Thanks. |
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Great find!  The hours of enjoyment I'd get out of searching through 39 rolls is worth $100. Looking forward to reading your updates on these rolls. (I got a good chuckle out of your Mom's husband trying to sell you his pocket change for 5 times the value lol.)  |
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The coins with finger prints; try dipping them in acetone. the verdigris can be taken care of with Verdi-care. If you are not familiar with these ,look up previous threads
on coin cleaning. good luck.
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There are two members on here that sell product for verdigris...
With respect to the fingerprint. Even if you removed the oils.. there would be a difference in tones similar to the fingerprint itself.
As for preservation of this coin... your two biggest enemies are air and water. You should try to do the best you can to prevent exposure to both.
Simple food grade ziplock bags would be a starting point.
We're looking at 60 year old material that hasn't been seen by anyone. To me I am reminded of the Landon hoard. That generated a lot of interest. You got these pennies on the cheap and I would hold on to them for a good long while. The upside is far greater than the downside in this case!
Fantastic coins keep up the pics
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T-Bop and AgCoinAU thank you for the great advice as always. Any real stunners have been going directly into 2x2s so have varieties. The rest have been going into ziplock bags. It's funny to be putting MS62s or 63s in a "reject" bag but I have to draw the line somewhere and I don't have unlimited flips. Any coin with verdigris or fingerprints goes into another bag. I will come back to those once I'm done. I will be opening more rolls today and I will try to post some pictures.
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I wasn't 4 coins into my 3rd roll and I found this beauty.    You can really see the double "953" in this picture. I've found 3 coins so far with this error, this is the nicest. You can also see doubling throughout the coin, in the leaves and in CANADA. It's hard to imagine but the quality of the coins in this roll was even better than the first two. You could tell that much more care was taken by the person rolling these coins. I'm starting more and more to believe the story told by the auctioneer because these coins were not looked over for errors. This gives me hope to find a SF coin. It's really hard to capture on camera but the coins which display any error have a different finish than those coins which are just plain NSF. I can tell before magnification weather the coin will have a hanging "3". The fields on the NSF coins with no error have a much more polished finish and the color is very slightly different but after a few coins you can obviously tell the difference. It's almost like the coins are of a different composition but I don't know much about that subject and have no means to know for sure. |
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Coin count so far: 3 rolls - 151 coins
NSF - 53
SF - 0
NSF hanging "3" - 63
NSF double hanging "3" - 20
NSF double "53", double hanging "3" - 6
NSF double "53", hanging "3" - 1
NSF double "5", double hanging "3" - 5
NSF double "953", hanging "3" - 3
Of note, I've been finding coins with only a double "5" and a double "53". This is not listed on Coins and Canada and I wonder if is a new variety?
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Canada
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Great find! Nice clash on the Obverse in front of the queen's throat and back/shoulder area as well. Thanks for sharing.
Edited by Nickelodeon
06/11/2015 4:33 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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when you first mentioned the auction
I had hoped you would do well
I think you did very well !!
may I ask if it is possible too
preserve one of those RBC Wrappers
I don't save wrappers but lately
some have caught my eye
nice photos as well
regards
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Nice clash on the Obverse in front of the queen's throat and back/shoulder area as well. Good eye Nickelodeon. Can't believe I missed that. I went back over a few other coins and it's also on those. On some of the coins, it's in the shape of a full circle. I'll take a close up shot tonight so you can see. Thanks! |
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may I ask if it is possible too
preserve one of those RBC Wrappers
I don't save wrappers but lately
some have caught my eye I will save you a wrapper. Not sure when I will get to the bank rolls but when I do, I will take care not to damage one and save it for you. Not sure when that will be, this is going a lot slower than I thought it would. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1046 Posts |
no hurry at all
Coin count so far: 3 rolls - 151 coins
NSF - 53
SF - 0
NSF hanging "3" - 63
NSF double hanging "3" - 20
NSF double "53", double hanging "3" - 6
NSF double "53", hanging "3" - 1
NSF double "5", double hanging "3" - 5
NSF double "953", hanging "3" - 3
I could not help noticing 151 coins in 3 rolls
free penny !!
thank you
best of luck with the rest
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1046 Posts |
just noticed the extra
cent came from the very first
roll(foil?)
Coin count so far: 1 roll - 51 coins
NSF - 8
SF - 0
NSF hanging "3" - 31
NSF double hanging "3" - 8
NSF double "53", double hanging "3" - 2
NSF double "5", double hanging "3" - 2
would you mind posting a
few of your pennies
in the grading section(?)
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