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New Member
United States
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After lots of years using different detectors I have separated the coin finds. Man these things are ugly. Couple pounds worth. Coin sorter is gonna choke.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You could try rolling the coins, but they're probably so crusty that the rolls would be a few coins short.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3169 Posts |
Not for collectible coins, but dirty clad coins clean up real nice in a bowl of CLR or toilet bowl cleaner.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
I've been using a cheap kid's $20 rock tumbler. Half an hour tumble with a drop of soap, half cup of water and aquarium gravel. Mix dimes and quarters, tumble copper separately. They don't come out shiny but so what, very clean. I run 'em through the coin counter, free at my CU. The tellers refuse rolled coin or Canadian though.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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New Member
 United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4963 Posts |
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The tellers refuse rolled coin or Canadian though. I get why they wouldn't take Canadian (no offence to you Canadian members) but why rolls? Maybe because someone could just leave each roll 1 coin short and make a profit? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The tellers refuse rolls because the CU has an expensive coin counter to do that task.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4963 Posts |
Okay. They want to put it to good use, I guess.
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New Member
United States
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My local keybank accepts rolled coins and Canadian coins too. Do you have a keybank near you?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
Hi Nickbxtr, and welcome. Not sure if your reply was directed at me or not, but I refuse to use banks. Credit Unions all the way for me.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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New Member
United States
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Yeah I don't blame you. Credit unions have better rates and less fees but banks tend to accept "mutilated" dug coins and foreign currency because they just ship it out.
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Valued Member
United States
469 Posts |
I've used a rock tumbler for about 20 years. Soap, sand and water and a drying screen. They clean up really well except for the extremely messed up Zincolns. You may find a few Wheats in the cleaned up cents. If you take them to the Coinstar use the gift card option and you don't have to pay the 10%
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Valued Member
United States
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Stopped at my mother's bank, got 10 rolls of pennies, I have 170 pennies that I have found. So remove 10 pennies from each roll replace with 10 of my finds. Every 4 rolls I have another roll to add 10 too. When finished I had 14 rolls. Went to my main bank and traded for cash. Webekin
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Posted 11/09/2015 09:28 am
