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Valued Member
United States
344 Posts |
I love rescuing junk bin coins. I see it as doing my part to keeping them out of the melting bin. I found these two at my LCS. The Morgan I picked up for $21. A good soak in acetone for a few hours makes a world of difference. It made my day to spot a SLQ in the just bin. Seeing the arrows, made it even better! It went into my 7070 as a hole filler. Opinions? Morgan - before soak:   Moragan - after soak:   SLQ:   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1566 Posts |
I hate to spoil your morning but both coins are damaged in my opinion.
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Valued Member
United States
194 Posts |
^ I think he's aware the coins are damaged, as he said he "rescued them from the junk bin". OP, I always have a good time going through the junk bins too, I've actually found some really cool coins in them before, even hard to find dates. I think a lot of times they just see an ugly coin and throw it in the junk bin and don't even look into it.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Just because a classic coin is damaged in some way it doesn't deserve to be melted. Nice save!  Also, you may want to try soaking that Morgan for a full day in acetone. It's certainly an improvement over where it started but there may be more to go. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2815 Posts |
I would have bought the Morgan too. Easy decision. I don't even like to think of Morgans being melted down.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
I like searching the dollar buckets for interesting. Picking 1878 are always on my list. Good pick |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
17940 Posts |
This was my all-time greatest junk bin rescue! It was at a coin shop in London. There was a big tray outside the shop with lots of worn pre-decimal pennies for 3p each. I had a quick glance and spotted this one:  It was over 20 years ago, but even then an 1869 penny in any condition was well worth having! I expect the dealer had bought a load of old pennies and just tossed them into his junk box without checking the dates! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I hate to spoil your morning but both coins are damaged in my opinion. AND that is why they were there. All in all, still great coins. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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All in all, still great coins. Quote:
I don't even like to think of Morgans being melted down.  Edited by NumisRob
03/28/2015 5:15 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1888 Posts |
I'd quickly go broke trying to rescue all the low grade and damaged Morgan (and Peace) dollars that pass through my local sources at or around that price.
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Valued Member
 United States
344 Posts |
Thanks everyone for your comments. I guess I am a junk binaholic. I saw the Morgan and thought, I'll take a chance and see what acetone will do. I let the Morgan soak until this morning. It gave up alittle more, but not much. When I spotted the Seated quarter arrows. I held it up and said to the dealer, "This just made my day." He had thought I had cherry picked something valuable. "Oh that belongs in there" was his response. My thrill comes from finding the unexpected, not necessarily valuable. I guess this is why I also enjoy CRH so much. |
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Posted 03/28/2015 11:32 am
