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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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It's hard to say without seeing/smelling them in person. If the packaging was damaged by water, it may be best to just separate the coins from the packaging and find a new way to hold/store/display them. For most OGP of modern releases, it needs to be in near mint condition to add value.  |
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Moderator
 United States
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Toss the cases. You can sometimes find empty cases on the bay if you want to replace them. The 1926 set is pretty easy to replace. I think I would leave the coins alone. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I have used "Kitty Litter" to remove odours from fridges and iceboxes, Maybe it will work with these  |
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
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I wouldn't spray fabreeze on coins (no idea if it sets off some chemical reaction and wouldn't take the chance) and wouldn't put them in the kitty litter either (think of all the scratches), but I certainly would try to give the coins some fresh air. If those cases aren't made to fit with the coin (old cigar cases with water damage and so), I'd toss them instantly and find something new. In case they came with the coin - try to find out if you can buy a replacement somewhere ( ebay or so?) if it's important to you (I personally don't care about cases for coins). Otherwise, try to save the certificates (especially the numbered ones for limited coinage) and find a new home for them. That's what I would do, at least. A final thing to try is to start a worldwide movement on coin smelling. We already have some movement on coin toning and one on lowballs (heavily used and worn coins), so why not smelly ones? Hope it helps!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I was kidding with the fabreese obviously. These are ruined. The only thing to do is trash the ogp and put in new airtites. Period. If you don't have a sentimental attachment I'd just sell them all raw and take what I get. Sucks but it's better than if say they were in a house fire
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Valued Member
United States
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I agree with Cascade. Maybe you can get new Air-Tites or 2 x 2s.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I would take the coins out of the 1926 set and give them a good Acetone bath ,then clean plastic case with distilled water and very soft cloth. make sure it's dried good then replace coins.
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
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I was kidding with the fabreese obviously. Thanks for that. I've seen people do much worse stuff to coins and other collectibles. Even professionals at work... Story time: here in Norway we have an online shop that sells 'joy of collecting' (samleglede), mainly with coins. Every single 'old' coin they'll send you has been at least chemically cleaned and sometimes even further adjusted, just to look as good as possible for the untrained eye. They sell them at premium prices, of course... Oh, and they smell pretty neutral, by the way.  |
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 United States
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Wow! Thanks for all the advice. There are some with certificates and am concerned on storing those coins separate from the certificates, which has led me to research those for grading; I feel I have a few that are worth grading, but at least getting them in air-tites would be best for preservation and presentation. What will acetone do to the coins and how long should they be bathed in it? What's the process/timing for this? If I were to send in a coin that was bathed in acetone, will they doc the coin's condition for this?
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Rest in Peace
United States
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The Acetone bath will not harm those 1926 coins in that white plastic holder . I would not use it on your other coins . TPG can't tell if the coins had an Acetone bath . you can bathe them for a half hour or less , they don't look bad so just a quickie . Don't forget to take coins out of that white holder . |
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Norway
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Valued Member
Canada
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I'd store them downwind, at the very least.
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Moderator
United States
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Forget cleaning, start smelling. It's officially a thing now. What is next, musical coins like those gift cards?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Oof, scratch & sniff coins. I think we're on to what's going on at the RCM's R&D department currently  |
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