Tarn-X Before And After

One wonders if anything could be done to convince the Tarn-X manufacturers to cease mentioning its use on coins. Truth in advertising regulations?

ND, Thanks for the great illustration. Put this at the top of the proposed coin cleaning thread, along with other examples as a sticky! Mike

Judging by the relative ease of law suites in the US, perhaps someone whose coins are ruined by virtue of this advertisement can sue the manufacturers for compensation....[:p]

Just the other evening, QVC announced just how many thousands of quarter collectors they have on their list to receive additional coins as they are released. Many, many thousands of quarter collectors.
Well, in another few years you will have a few thousand people using their Tarn-X on what they purchased on TV. A few of them may happen upon this forum and find out they have already been taken advantage of, and not go any further with the cleaner.
Let's hope so anyway.

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Originally posted by Kyra

Ouch! That's a terrible thing to do to an innocent Peace dollar!

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It is, but one ruined Peace dollar may save many others, and I am willing to sacrifice one to save many.

There are quite a few "heroic" coins in our education arsenal. Many have seen far more damage than this Peace dollar.

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Originally posted by national dealer

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Originally posted by Kyra

Ouch! That's a terrible thing to do to an innocent Peace dollar!

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It is, but one ruined Peace dollar may save many others, and I am willing to sacrifice one to save many.

There are quite a few "heroic" coins in our education arsenal. Many have seen far more damage than this Peace dollar.

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That's true- something about the needs of the many coming before the needs of one comes to mind! At least it wasn't a Morgan that paid the price, I might have to be upset with you if it was!

Rachel [:p]

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Originally posted by Stephen420
Is that a mint-mark?

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Yes, it is a 1927-D

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All of the 1927's are relatively rare.

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While the 1927-P and 1927-S are a touch "rarer" based solely on the mintage numbers, 848,000 and 866,000 respectively, the 1927-D has 1,268,900. Now many believe that the 1927 issues saw more melting than some of the others, but I have NEVER had any problems finding any.

As to why I chose this particular coin to "sacrifice" in the pursuit of education is the fact that the rim has an ugly bump, and the surfaces were not original to begin with.

However, the purpose is to educate. If this "sacrificed" coin saves a coin to two along the way, it will far exceed its value.

How many times have you heard of coins being cleaned? Just a few months ago there was an article in the major mags about a "rare" half dollar that was found. It was harshly cleaned and took real money away from the owner.
I see it WAY too often, and part of my responsibility as a dealer is to educate the public. That includes new collectors. To "sacrifice" a $13 coin to save just one, is well worth it in my opinion.

Now it isn't as if I will sell this coin, it will be put into the education program and used to demonstrate what the effects of cleaning will do to the coin. Now I am sure that not everyone will agree with my methods, but again, I have to take into consideration that I may save more coins than I "sacrifice".