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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Most are ignoring the fact that it is still possible that some of those coins are not just regular coins. You know, Carl, I was thinking the exact same thing. In every box of pennies we buy from a bank, we find all sorts of "just not regular coins." But, the coins we're discussing here are in the hands of a worker trying to do a job (cashing in coins from a fountain to a bank), not a coin collector. Use of the cement mixer explains why we sometimes get some really crappy coins, lol. To us, these are precious gems, to a lot of others outside our world we forget they are just a commodity. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I remember reading about a hotel that washed all the coins they handed out, so they were nice and shiny. You might be able to google them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Never clean coins!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes there might be occasionally be something of value in there, but if it is stuck inside some greasy, gummy, possibly mineral encrusted lump it isn't worth any more than it would be cleaned and possibly damaged but free and loose. If you can't break up and clean the lump, it is just a lump of metal.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Leave it up to a group of coin collectors to tell someone not to clean a mass of worthless metal to turn it back into spendable cash. Even if there were valuable varieties in that hoard they wouldn't be in collectible condition.
Good luck with it - I have no clue what to answer as a solution for the dilemma. I can say this probably isn't exactly the right place for such a question.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You know, I went back and read again the original question about how prevent the coins (assuming copper?) from turning white after an acid cleaning... my question is, if you are simply turning the coins into a bank for their face value, what does it matter if they turn white? As long they are identifiable as currency, who cares if they are white?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Geez, what copper said. You guys really thought he was doing this to collectable coins?
I saw a guy doing the exact same thing for the same reason on some TV program. Cleaning coins from fountains. He used a cement mixer as well. If memory serves he was using Dawn at one point in the process. Unfortunately I wasnt paying close enough attention to be able to tell you all the steps he used.
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Valued Member
United States
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You remind me of an episode of COPS in Las Vegas where they caught a guy stealing coins out of the fountains, let him go with a warning after he put the coins back, and had to come back 20 minutes later and arrest him for stealing coins again out of fountains although he claimed he was innocent although his pants were wet up to his knees |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
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TheNickelGuy, you owe me some laundry money. Took a drink right before I scrolled down and saw that pic.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
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acetone will probably be the best bet for you and the fountain coins. it cleans gum and all sorts of mess and it evaporates without leaving a smell. don't use diesel, you'll never get the smell off ... except maybe with acetone!
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Valued Member
United States
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... as for drying them, just rinse them with water in the cement mixer and then air dry them.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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merclover: Caught with his pants up!  |
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