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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Here is a nice 1878 Morgan dollar I brought today I thought I would give you guys a look before I showed it to my polish.   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Nice coin, I wonder why you decide to polish, when it devalues you coins? I'm just courious? This coin looks nice this way, very appealing!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Where can I get this super-duper polish? Must be great stuff.
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Valued Member
 United Kingdom
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Moderator
 United States
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Again, very nice, as it is. Please do not hurt it!  |
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
71 Posts |
No I wont ill leave it protected in its case.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
71 Posts |
The polish is called peek it has a royal warrant which means it is most likely used to polish the queens gold and silver. but may not be on the shelf in the us. But anyway as much as I like shiney silver old coins I'm not going to clean them anymore.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It is an 1878-S from the San Francisco mint. See the mintmark under wreath below the Eagles tail.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Let me turn the tables in the spirit of sharing. If I came to the United Kingdom and asked you to show me about some of the finer antique shops, we might come to the agreement that an 1878 piece of furniture showing a little honest wear was an attractive purchase. And as we load it into my van I remark, "I can hardly wait to take this home where I can sand it down and refinish it." There are times and ways to conserve our history, some are good, some are not. Smart of you to ask first. When in doubt, wait and research. Now if you want to get some real mileage (or I suppose in UK Kilometerage,) out of this learning exercise, brush up on your camera skills and determine the VAM. Super Dave and others on the coin photography will show you how to make the most of the equipment you already own - and we pride ourselves at being tighter than Scots. Many a photo booth are built on a kitchen table. And research the VAM. A VAM is not so much the coin, as it is the catalogue number of the dies and die stages used to make each Morgan and Peace dollar. An acronym from the names of the pioneers Van Allen and Mallis. The 1878-S has about 225 varieties. Many very interesting. A few quite valuable. For a dive into the deep end of the pool, where no one has ever drowned, take a look at VAMworld.com. Oh, 1967 Norton Atlas is still my favorite bike. Good luck. |
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Yeah I see its an s mint first year of minting 1878 thankyou for pointing it out to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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"as much as I like shiney silver old coins "
you could buy already damaged(cleaned) coins for close to bullion price and polish them to your hearts content, you lose no money and no history is destroyed so it would be a win-win.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Thanks Solotime! I do feel proud to own it I'm no expert at grading but for its age I would say its in very fine grade. been well loked after.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Its kind of stuck with me ever since I was a young boy. At the age of five years old I was sitting down watching the WIZZARD OF OZ on telivision at Christmas time and Dorothey Gale found the poor old tin man rusting away in the woods. She then gave him some oil to losen his joints so he was able to make the journey with her to the emerald city to ask the wizzard for a heart and on arrival he had a makeover and they polished him and thats what done it to me he looked so much better after they gave him a polish. BUT I GUESS I HAVE TO TRY AND FORGET THAT NOW LOL.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Yes justin I make you right the coins I polished are rubbish grade to be honest but I'm sure by janurary 2014 I can make my money back or maybe more in scrap value. from now on I will only buy top grade coins and not polish them is that ok with you? Or would you like to see me hang for polishing a coin ?
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Pillar of the Community
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I think all anybody wants is to prevent you from destroying an items historical value by cleaning it. You need to chill and not get so offended... you came onto a forum full of US Coin purists where cleaning a coin is pretty much the equivalent of... say, walking into a church and burning a cross.
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Posted 10/10/2013 5:26 pm
