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Valued Member
United States
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I started a Washington collection a couple weeks ago and just took care of one of the key dates for zero dollars out of pocket. Let me explain. My girlfriend, bless her, works at the local pool during the summer. One day, she found a ring at the bottom of the pool. It sat in the lost and found for two months, then became hers. She didn't know much about it other than that it said Pt900 on the inside. She knew I love precious metals, so she gave it to me. It turned out to weigh 3.75 grams, and was obviously 90 percent platinum. My coin dealer offered me $75 for it and I declined. My uncle collects rings of that kind, and offered me $90. I accepted. Then at his home, I was going through some of his coins to see if he had anything I needed, and I came across a 1932-S quarter. He said he'd take a swap of the quarter (marked $155) for the ring. And just like that, I have a nice centerpiece to my small but growing collection! What do you guys think?   (P.S. ... Of course I bought her a nice dinner as well  ) |
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Pillar of the Community
968 Posts |
Quarter is cleaned but nice details. I picked my '32S from junk silver so I know how awesome it feels to fill a key date hole on the cheap.
Congrats!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7375 Posts |
Very nice, but I don't see it as cleaned. What makes you say that? I'm just learning. Are all old quarters dirty?
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Pillar of the Community
1325 Posts |
Coins that are cleaned lose luster and appear foggy as they were etched with the cleaning substance. Doesn't mean it was "cleaned", could have just been dropped into a bucket of pickles and has vinegar affects to it. Most people likely wouldn't care as if you find something so rare, you are just happy to have it. something there is only 400,000 or so of. that some have probably be sold for melt and ....melted  this is a legible and pretty coin! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2368 Posts |
Great story, coin isn't cleaned.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
652 Posts |
IMO it doesn't look cleaned to me either, and with that much circulation wear on it I wouldn't expect any luster.
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Moderator
 United States
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You did well.  |
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Valued Member
United States
291 Posts |
Congratulations. Nice quarter for your set. Now go find the 32-D and a Dansco 1932 - 1998 Washington quarter album and start filling it up. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
709 Posts |
Doesn't look cleaned to me, but I do notice that the area around the mintmark is lighter than the rest of the coin. A closeup of the mintmark would help. There are plenty of counterfeits out there with added mintmarks.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
898 Posts |
She seems like a keeper, and so does the coin. Great pickup. I saw an offer for both the D and S for 260, both in VF grade. Almost thought about it
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
Congrats! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4691 Posts |
Looks cleaned to me, but probably doesn't affect the value too much.
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Posted 08/13/2014 03:15 am
