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Pillar of the Community
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Thank you all for sharing your updates.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Portugal
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I think I will compete an antonine dynasty set. Inventoring some neglected bronzes I noticed I was mostly there with the men already.
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Good luck!  |
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Italy
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Picked up a nice organizer (cabinet) for my collection via an estate sale: Hello cptbilly! Sweet looking cabinet!  May I give some unsolicited advice: I would remove those rubber bands and treat them like the plague! Over the years they become brittle and stain everything they once used to tie together  Can't count how many times I had to spend hours scraping their remains away! Cheers  |
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United States
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Good catch, joe!
Rubber bands made from natural rubber contain sulfur, which can react with bronze or silver to give ugly black marks that cannot be removed without damaging the coin's surface. Maybe not an issue if they do not directly contact any coins' surface, but as you say, can still become unsightly.
Probably safest to use only synthetic rubber bands if used at all.
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United States
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I agree about the rubber bands. I have had my share of mishaps over they years. Thankfully, none of it coin related.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Right now I'm concentrating on finding 1 oz pure silver coins that are under $100. I've recently found some nice ones from $85 to $95 and I know there are more out there.
Still looking for the 2022 and 2023 1 oz Silver $5 Lucky Dragon High Relief coins to complete the series.
Continuing my frustrating search for 1 oz silver Libertad coins to fill gaps in my date set. Hopefully the Mexican mint won't pull the same stunt this year that they pulled last year.
My American Silver Eagle collection http://goccf.com/t/448125My random silver coin collection http://goccf.com/t/449270My MS-70 silver coin collection https://goccf.com/t/490829My dragon silver coin collection https://goccf.com/t/490859My silver Libertad collection https://goccf.com/t/491087 |
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thank you, jbuck.
My American Silver Eagle collection http://goccf.com/t/448125My random silver coin collection http://goccf.com/t/449270My MS-70 silver coin collection https://goccf.com/t/490829My dragon silver coin collection https://goccf.com/t/490859My silver Libertad collection https://goccf.com/t/491087 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I haven't posted as I was working on my other hobbies, I recently started back and honestly, my want list is pretty expensive lately, so I'll work on the following: 1)Try to add the missing coins to my slabbed IHC (have 6 missing and 4 I want to upgrade to AU +), the ones missing will take a while so I'll post when I do the majority of the ones I have missing. 2) Still missing the 1893 and 1895 Morgan. As these are the same price as the missing IHC, I'll get what I find at a price I think is good first. 3) The missing paper money and money from Portugal is also up there $$$, so for the rest of the year, this maybe on hold. |
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Thank you for sharing and good luck! |
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United States
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To: joe_77, tdziema, jbuck Thank you for the advice, re: the rubberbands on the Mint OGP boxes. I don't have any rubber bands in contact with any of my coins (lesson learned from a baseball card collecting experience decades ago). Sounds like the bands could discolor the packaging. On the ASE's, the bands are holding the two or three items from a given year. . .Sounds like I should remove them and come up with a different solution for keeping the lids & boxes of those older ASE's together. . .the current USM OGP -- outer sleeve / inner box and lid -- design works much better. Will update the 2026 Goals at the end of Q3.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think my main goal is to actually join PCGS and send some coins in... I've got a few errors and sentimental pieces I'd like to see slabbed.
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My pleasure, cptbilly and get on it, MNP!  |
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