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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I bought a few lots of florins on ebay whilst I was away in Kalgoorlie on a job. These turned up in one of the lots. Perfectly good coins ruined, I can even still smell the brasso on them    |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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They used Brasso on a Parlament florin?  Why...  |
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Pillar of the Community
 Australia
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They used Brasso on a Parlament florin?
To me that is bordering on sacrilege. I will add it to my collection of Canberra florins as I don't have one that has been so badly mistreated in that album. I think some people think that a bit of a polish up improves the look of a coin  |
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Valued Member
Australia
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This proves it Trout.
Some people are just plain nuts.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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WOW, that is quite depressing... :(
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1411 Posts |
Unfortunately, this one is much, much better than the one I just looked at in my LCS. The one at my local store was holed, polished, partly gilded, and had a big X carved through poor George...  Why.... To the best Australian pre-decimal type too!  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Had the person sold coins before? If so they should have known better. If they are a newbie liquidating granny's collection then it might be a case of not knowing better.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
7096 Posts |
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Had the person sold coins before? If so they should have known better. If they are a newbie liquidating granny's collection then it might be a case of not knowing better.
I think this was a case of ignorance, I'ts a shame but if people don't know how to treat coins there will always be some damaged in this way  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Yeh I bet dealers have some stories to tell. People cleaning up their old coins to make them look 'shiny' so they will get more for them |
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Australia
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they are not nuts , they just dont know any better or that they are doing wrong .
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Posted 10/13/2012 6:07 pm
