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is there a way of cleaning them with out damaging them or shall I leave them? Cleaning them would almost certainly remove any value beyond scrap prices so best let them be. I'll let a silver coin soak a while in filtered water if there's obviously loose dirt on it (some people cringe at that as it is), but I can't see anything on those that looks like it would come off that way. |
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I shall leave them as they are then thanks a lot
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Hello I picked these up at the weekend £50 for the lot.. was it worth it? I'm new to this -Dan Well done.   to the Community! |
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Hello I picked these up at the weekend £50 for the lot.. was it worth it? I'm new to this -Dan Excellent price! To the Forum. |
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I shall leave them as they are then thanks a lot  |
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Does anyone know where I can get something to store them it? Like a sleeve or something?
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A slightly weird one that I think had an unfortunate encounter with a tin of metallic paint at some point.. But the detail is pretty good. Not quite sure what to do with it.   |
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United Kingdom
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To answer Daniel's query on storage, there are lots of options available on ebay. If you are only going to keep the few, a handful of plastic coin rings would be good - they come in all sizes, so make sure you get some that will fit. Cheaper are the white card coin holders. If this is the start of your collection, then some sort of Album would be best - I favour the Magpie brand from WH Smiths as its double action prevents the coins sliding out. |
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I favour the Magpie brand from WH Smiths as its double action prevents the coins sliding out. I've kept my euros in one since 2002 with no noticeable environmental deterioration. WHS learned their lesson after producing some awful albums with PVC pages back in the 1980s. Edited by NumisRob
04/27/2021 07:26 am
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I got one of the pocket ones from WHS that I use while detecting and I ended up getting a couple more because they're pretty useful for storing before sorting.
They never seemed to have the bigger ones in our one but they're doing a BOGO 40% off thing that's tempting me to grab a couple online.
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First one today..   |
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Danielhenshaw
Of your coins, the 1817 is a good example, at least Fine to gFine and the earlier Bull head coin. The 1897 Halfcrown is near VF too and the Crowns are in the VG - Fine area. The 1890 Half crown though is a melter, the coin is unevenly flattened around the 9 and 3 oclock positions on it and would be G - VG. About £60 in melt and the 1897 and 1817 coins are definitely more than melt around £20 - 25 for the 1817 and £20 or so for the 1897.
Good score.
People I have been quiet, bought a couple of interesting tokens lately and will show here. Birthday coming up, so may buy a few coins. My age in French - quarante et cinq ans.
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Yes and I forgot - don't clean coins - EVER! Gainn, seems you and I both love the Florins. Heres my recent 1937 purchase.   My camera makes it look VF, but its an AU example which replaced a barely Fine one I had. I can't wait to see what you get next!   |
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That 37 only cost a fiver so I'm quite happy about that. Most I've seen in that condition have been way over priced recently. Upgraded my 'target year' collection florin.   |
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Fantastic adds! |
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