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United States
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No, I didn't find them there. I put them there. I had bought a "lot" of some 85 Indian head culls, and there were 32 of them that were so bad that I trashed them.  I suppose I could have filed the edges and put them in bank rolls, but why? They would just end up being in a lot of coins being sold again, and they'd be just as much junk as they were when I got them.  Nothing earth shattering, common date corroded, bent and holed junk, so I'm gave them a decent burial.  Chance |
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Unless they were they kind that aren't even the size of a cent anymore, I would have tried to spend them. It would have been an adventure every time. Some kids might have wanted them too. I don't think you should have literally thrown them away.
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Future archeologists will use them to unravel the mysteries of "styrofoam age" man. They'll make something up that's really entertaining and far reaching like they always do.
I kept over 50 that were marginal. Some of those will end up in the hands of local youngsters.
Chance
Edited by Chancellor Sutler
11/20/2011 6:18 pm
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United States
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You could've sent them to me...  or put em on ebay again. Thats what I would have done. |
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United States
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IMHO, I think it was wrong to throw them away unless they are totally unidentifiable These coins, at least the ones that are recognizable as IHC, are a part of our history. To destroy them is wrong. There has to be some use for them--perhaps, as hesgut mentioned give them to a youngster--that just might be the incentive to start him/her into coin collecting. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
Bury them in a park...someone will MD them and still enjoy finding them. |
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 or they should be worth the copper content |
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United States
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My idea would be to turn them into an interesting piece of jewerly, such as a bracelet for you wife/girlfriend that would be unique. Wouldn't be hard to do, or take them to someone taking a jewelery making class at leisure learning or Jr. College courses and let them make a bracelet for you, they would gain the experience and you would have something unique.
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United States
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I get the feeling that they were so bad we would have done something similar...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I would have just given them to some kid. Regardless of how bad they are, most kids don't care. To the really young ones a coin is a coin. They are all valuable.
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United States
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or use them in change. For that matter, I would have given you atleast face value for them.  Edited by Fuzzy317
11/20/2011 10:01 pm
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United States
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Probably the most "drastic" thing I would have done is just spent them, but not throw them away in the trash.
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I wouldn't mind keeping IHC coins that were holed, worn flat, stretched, bent, or pitted. The only thing I can't stand is a coin that is completely green and corroded. Even then I wouldn't have thrown them out, I'd take em to the bank along with a large lot of normal lincolns and let them figure it out. |
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Egypt
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They may be junk for you, but for someone like me who has only one Indian cent in his collection they wouldnt be junk even in this condition ...... I would have been very happy to have these so please next time instead of throwing your junk coins in the trash ... just send them to me  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Hummm....you should have at least spent them. Sometimes coins like this are enough to perk a new collector when they get it back in change.
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Yeah I don't agree with throwing them away. You could have put them in bank wrapped rolls, exchange the coins for cash, and use it to buy silver or something. That Two-cent piece that I found three days ago was nearly thrown away probably by somebody thinking the same thing. It's part of our history as a country.
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Posted 11/20/2011 6:17 pm
