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Valued Member
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United States
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@Vivian410 Finally the jug fits her decor. You can take the girl out of the country but you can never take the country out of the girl! LOL
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United States
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@Errors and Varieties, yes I'm pretty sure they are real! I must have had them in my pocket years ago and put them in the jug inadvertently. And yes I plan on searching all of these coins. BTW did you see COOPs overlay on the Idaho quarter?
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United States
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@DrDon, I have dozens of these tiny gold coins but I think the earliest I have is 1984. Is there something special to look for in those?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sorry, it should have read " Should be some early 80's cents in there. I no nothing about gold coins other then they are out of my price range.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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WOOOOHOOOOOO!
100 lbs of coins for ANYBODY on this forum would be a superb challenge!
GOLD is ICING on the lot!
Congrats! Thanks for sharing!
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United States
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@sel_691 I have a cup full of these tiny coins but most are so bad that any detail can't be seen. Any suggestions on how to clean them up?  |
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Valued Member
United States
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@DrDon, LOL ok I know about the 82 cents (copper, zinc, large and small) what else should I look for early 80's?
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Here is my favorite find from sorting these coins today!   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The 1980 P has a nice doubled die obverse. 1982 P small date zinc has a major doubled die reverse. 1983P has a doubled die obverse and a major doubled die reverse. 1983 D and 1984 P have doubled ear type doubled dies. 1983 P&D and 1982 D small date should be zinc but you should weigh them for "copper" (3.1 grams vs 2.5 for zinc). edit: you can look these up on the following sites. http://coppercoins.com/advsearch.phphttp://doubleddie.com/300201.htmlEdited by DrDon
05/14/2019 11:26 pm
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Quote:
I have a cup full of these tiny coins but most are so bad that any detail can't be seen. Any suggestions on how to clean them up? I know and one of the videos on YouTube with all of coops information there's a slide that mentions soaking queens like that in olive oil. It's on the community channel on YouTube I don't know which video it is. And please don't go do it until you see the information. Because Lord knows I don't want to give you the wrong information. I know in one of the videos on YouTube with all of coops information there's a slide that mentions soaking queens like that in olive oil. It's on the community channel on YouTube I don't know which video it is. And please don't go do it until you see the information. Because Lord knows I don't want to give you the wrong information Ps Super jealous of all of that awesome does she get to sort through |
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The tatty looking coin seems to be a Roman Colonial tetradrachm.
Need a picture of the reverse for this coin, plus weight and diameter.
The lighter color on the high points of the design could indicate a billon (high % copper silver alloy) core.
I have never cleaned ancient coins, because there is too much risk for me in doing so. Best left a professional. Even so, the loss from accidental destruction in the cleaning process can be high, if you don't know what you are doing, or haven't got the patience.
"Tiny coins" for the others suggest to me that they may be late Roman bronze coins. Often with these, if they are in poor condition, with implied low value, the effort needed to clean them is not justified.
Edited by sel_69l
05/15/2019 09:19 am
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United States
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@sel_691 Thank you fro that eloquent response! I would gladly post the reverse but I put the coin back in the cup with the others and now don't know which one it was! If my brother doesn't want them I would gladly give them to you if this is something you collect. Id rather see them appreciated than in a cup stored away!
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@DrDon Thank you! Bookmarked! I will look for those!
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