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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Regardless of what anyone else says, don't clean or polish or dip any of your coins in any way or fashion. There is no such thing as cleaning coins "only a little"... nothing ruins the look and value of coins faster than cleaning them, period.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Okay, now that I am totally confused, I better just leave the coins the way they are. No one will see them because I am not gonna show them to anyone in the condition they are in.
I don't why I am ashamed of them, I did not get them in that condition.
Side note: good thing no one can hear me say all this, because my accent would be out of control.
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Moderator
 United States
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If you ask a thousand collectors, you'll get a thousand different opinions. Here's mine:
Certain conservation operations are acceptable under certain specific conditions. Acetone to address PVC problems, for instance. There is a wealth of accurate information already published on this forum, yet you'll find us rather reticent about sharing it because we fear the misapplication of that information by well-meaning but inexperienced collectors who will then destroy the value of their coins.
Aside addressing ongoing destructive chemical reactions, I will not touch a circulated coin with anything, ever. There are, however, exceptions to even this rule, concerning ancient and dug coins which I don't acquire.
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Pillar of the Community
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Cajunlady0 Do you plan on keeping them or selling them? Oh and dont forget  Edited by LincolnGuy
01/01/2012 5:28 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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I plan on keeping them. I guess that is my problem. If someone wanted to buy my ugly circulated Buffalo nickels then I would sell. BUT...... since I want to keep them, when I look at them I did not want to cringe. But then again, LincolnGuy, I did not want to damage them, just to take off the black stuff. I do not want to make it shiny and new looking, just presentable. Is anyone out there willing to post an uncleaned Buffalo? Yours better be bad like mine, otherwise I would not be interested in cleaning them. I will after you do. :p |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Cajunlady0 Her's an Uncleaned Buffalo   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Well I dont have any nickels so I can help you there. But if your going to keep them and your that bothered with the way they look, then I agree with smokeriderdon. A quick dip will make them look better. I know that will send some of these guys in here out of their chairs, but the fact is they are YOUR coins. I've done it before on coins that I want to keep but are ulgy :) Just remember it will bring their value down. Also yes photos will help here!  Edited by LincolnGuy
01/01/2012 5:43 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Obviously, we have no dirtfishermen, (or dirtfishing ladies) on this thread.
All of my dug coins get cleaned in one way or another.
I've dipped lots of circulated silver and received more $ on the sale.
I am against the cleaning of any higher end, rare date coins or coins of value, of course.
Just my opinion, we all hold one.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Bedrock of the Community
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's not easy being green.  When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Valued Member
United States
318 Posts |
The really bad buffalo must be hiding from me, but I did take 2 pics of bad nickels and a normal buffalo that I would like my coin to look like. You can barely tell what it is. The other nickel is also dirty. Hanging my head in shame, but here they are.  |
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United States
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I'm afraid this is a "you can't get there from here" situation, Cajunlady. The two are too badly corroded; although you could conceivably remove it, the result would be distasteful to you.
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Valued Member
United States
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What do you think of these? How bad are they? What would you do if they were yours? Be honest now!
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