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Coincollector110 Pillar of the Community United States 818 Posts	Posted 03/02/2016 9:28 pm Hey guys, I wasn't sure where to post this, but basically, what happened was that the self-inking stamp I use to mark bills for Where's George is not working properly. It comes out all blurry and the ink is smeared, and I tried cleaning and re-inking the stamp several times (it appeared to be dry), but to no avail. I'm wondering what the problem is, since my stamp was working fine a few days ago, but now, I can't mark any more bills with it since it's unreadable. I ordered another stamp since I got this first one used, but I would really appreciate it if I got some information on what happened. Thank you in advance. Report this Post to the Staff

BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4594 Posts	Posted 03/02/2016 10:26 pm Sounds like the wrong type of ink... water based vs. other types don't mix. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
CelticKnot Bedrock of the Community United States 12845 Posts	Posted 03/02/2016 11:27 pm Hmmm... is the rubber on the stamp wearing out or deteriorating? How old is it? BStraus3 could be on to something with ink type. Report this Post to the Staff
Coincollector110 Pillar of the Community United States 818 Posts	Posted 03/03/2016 06:28 am I got this stamp from someone I know who was on the site for years, and gave the stamp to me since he was inactive and didn't really use the site anymore. I'd say the stamp has been around at least 10 years since that's how long he's been doing the site. Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4594 Posts	Posted 03/03/2016 09:51 am My stamps (mostly from Holmes, IIRC) use "Xstamper" refill ink, which is manufactured by Shachihata, Harbor City, CA. The box references ASTM D-4236 http://www.astm.org/Standards/D4236.htm) which basically says if there was anything truly nasty in there it has to be labeled as such. So this is PROBABLY a simple alcohol based ink. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
carolize New Member Australia 1 Posts	Posted 07/17/2018 04:20 am Rubber Stamps that I heard in Australia was E-Stamps Australia it so great they make customers design their own stamps https://e-stamps.com.au/ I would like to share this website because interestingly it helped me quite a bit they had a valuable offer that so good for people looking for self inking stamps I would not hesitate folks come design your stamps!! Report this Post to the Staff
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