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Pillar of the Community
United States
1934 Posts |
What do you all do with older coins on which the date is entirely rubbed off? e.g., Buff nickels and Standing Lib Quarters.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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There's just something about a coin needing a date.
Without a date, I have no interest in them.
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Pillar of the Community
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1934 Posts |
[OO!]; that's funny, gary..thanks
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For me it depends on the coin. There are some that only had 1 year of production such as the 1913 type 1 buffalo that if there is enough detail you can see the mound or not. With foreign coins there are a Lot more with unique coins for just one year.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I too am of the school that coins with no dates hold no interest. I keep all those old ones in a bucket with old junk, or in my junk silver box if appropriate.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
834 Posts |
If it is a no date buff it goes into a jar don't ask me why it just does. The no date silver goes into the melting bag with the silver Kennedy's, dimes, quarters, and any silver no date coins.Then when silver goes up I unload them.
THE OTHER BRUCE.
Edited by BRUCE 1947
12/09/2007 08:56 am
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Pillar of the Community
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This is a debatable subject, but there is a product called nic-a-date that can reveal a date on your Buffalo nickels. |
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Pillar of the Community
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1934 Posts |
Thank you, all. Will nic-a-date raise a date I cant even discern with a microscope?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Will nic-a-date raise a date I cant even discern with a microscope?
It will on Buffalo nickels I know, not to sure about on other coins. It works because where the date is pressed into the coin is harder than the surrounding metal (around the date) and the nic-a-date acid eats away at the softer metal around the date leaving the harder metal (the stamped date part) to be seen. This will also leave a stain where you put the nic-a-date because it is acid and eats away at the metal |
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I've bought more than a few "acid dropped" Buffalo nickles..... It does reveal the date, but Man it looks like crap once that's been done ! The permanant "acid scar" almost isn't worth it. I don't know if it was "nic-a-date" or not but I don't like it. I end up with a lot of no date Buffs that I don't know what to do with, but you know what, it's still a neat coin ! A lot of times people selling them, will throw in some "unreadables" in with their good ones and sell it as one "lot" ....... so ..... you get the good with the bad...... Yeah..... I like the bucket idea !! |
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Posted 12/09/2007 05:22 am
