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Valued Member
United States
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The more I think of it, the more upset I get. Why do some roll searchers think they need to deface a coin with a sharpie or such? When a person goes to their bank and gets an unopened box of coins to search, DON'T WE open the roll up and look at each coin anyway ?
My question is, why deface the coin anyway? 1) we're going to end up looking at it either way ...and 2) what if one of us out here wants the coin you thought so poorly of.
I personally have been finding fed-wrapped rolls with the Kennedy ear marked through with a black marker and it's really upseting to me to think that those who love coins as much as I do, would even think of defacing one.
I mark the wrappers I've searched with a pink magic marker....I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT !
What do ya'll think?
Thanks,
Laura
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Member
United States
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I would never deface any coin but the world is has some dumb butt's who think that its a joke to deface coinage.
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Moderator
 United States
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I do remember someone on the forum admitting they do that when searching halves  |
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Marker pen ink should come right off with acetone, methanol or other such solvent. Still, if the banks don't object, marking the wrapper rather than the coin sounds like a much better option. quote:
it's really upsetting to me to think that those who love coins as much as I do, would even think of defacing one.
Right. So it may have been done by a hoarder or bullion hunter, rather than a collector. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2602 Posts |
If the coins are defaced with a marker, it can come off with acetone or alcohol readily.
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Valued Member
 United States
186 Posts |
It's good that chemicals will take off the marker, but that still goes against everything I believe in. It's still defacing and I don't think people should "clean" their coins anyway.
Just my opinion.
Laura
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2602 Posts |
I understand what you are saying. In two recent bank boxes of halves, there were JFK coins that had the ear blackened in with a sharipe and one coin had a large red sharpie line on the reverse. Boxes came from Texas area, so there are at least two that are doing the defacing.
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Valued Member
United States
306 Posts |
I'm still waiting for a major $1 bill error to be certified and be under graded because it's stamped Where's George?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It's still defacing and I don't think people should "clean" their coins anyway.
It is really no big deal as the marker comes off easily with alcohol or acetone. I would not call that defacing since the coin is not damaged. And no, that is not "cleaning" in the traditional sense of being damaging to a coin- alcohol and acetone are organic solvents and will not harm the metal in any way at all. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The reason that some do this is they are trying to see how many coins are being recirculated by the same organizations. As they look through coins they intensionally mark them so if they start getting those in the future they know they've been already looked at. Also, if enough do this everyone will see just how many times a coin has been looked at.
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Valued Member
United States
186 Posts |
Yes, and then how many "marked" coins per box will it take a person to stop searching ? My guess is that no matter how many "marked" coins we find per box, we will still buy boxes to see if they've been searched through.
Just my guess !
Laura
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1934 Posts |
I have a BU Morgan someone scratched their initials into on the bust.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1934 Posts |
I have a BU Morgan someone scratched their initials into on the bust.
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United States
280 Posts |
I remember starting a thread. Some people came on to discuss their marks, but retreated when others started to bash them for it. I've seen it all. Marking a single letter in LIBERTY, Marking kennedy's ear Nail polish near the rim White paint on the edge (I'm guessing to see the marks without actually searching the roll) The Date (various formats) The slash on the bicentennial reverse The number 24, 63, and many others Initials Symbols Stickers Circle (I think they just traced the paper before opening the roll) Coloring the entire face or reverse with marker "Jim's Coins" engraved into the coins Large X Line through "We Trust" (I assume this is someone looking for DDO) |
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United States
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United States
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Yes.
Those "rejects" are still important for (new) people filling holes in albums!
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Posted 02/29/2008 08:38 am
