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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Seriously. This lot of 1,817 Indians made me shed a tear.   Edited by Drsandman2
09/07/2012 12:18 am
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Valued Member
United States
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Its a shame.. :/ It looks like some were plated with gold too! I don't understand how people don't understand that cleaning and plating ruins all the value in a coin!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Those are polished, a whole different animal from cleaned. That brings less of a tear than seeing all the coins with people initials carved into them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
228 Posts |
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Valued Member
United States
141 Posts |
thats not that bad, hey those coins still look Ok
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1795 Posts |
No comment; not sure what I think. They don't look that bad and I'm not sure if they are plated, cleaned or what. I would have to see them in person. Don't get me wrong plating and cleaning destroys a coins value.Thats just my humble opinion. Of course I have never seen a pile of indians circulated or uncirculated so what do I know.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I gave my father a small Indian cent collection; nothing major in there. He cleaned every single one until it shined. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1590 Posts |
There is a long term ebay seller that polishes ever single Mercury dime they sell, except for the absolute BU coins. I note that their sales of Mercs have declined over the year....I wonder why? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1510 Posts |
even my daughter of 11 knows never to clean a coin
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3234 Posts |
I strongly recommend cleaning all coins, especially those well over $1000 only with this product (make sure you use some extra abrasive, like baking soda to really make 'em shine!):  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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@Shirayasha
Yes, they LOOK nice. But the problem is that collectors prefer a coin to be as close to original as possible. Buying a cleaned coin, to most collectors, is like buying a rare painting that someone decided to try to make look better by peeling the original paint off of an old masterpiece and replacing it with their own work.
And with a coin it is not possible to "unclean" it b/c the cleaning process actually removes a layer of the surface of the coin.
edited for spelling
Edited by Earle42
09/07/2012 3:24 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Everytime someone cleans a coin God kills a kitten! God kills a lot of kittens then. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They're pretty much only useful for arts and crafts now. :-(
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Pillar of the Community
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I strongly recommend cleaning all coins, especially those well over $1000 only with this product Or this one - a belt sander really makes the coin smooth and shiny. Who doesn't like smooth and shiny?   Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1510 Posts |
wonder if an 1877 is in there
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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