Anyone Else Ever Dumbly Damage A Coin? - Page 2

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january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5178 Posts	Posted 08/31/2016 11:31 pm Quote: The only worse thing is to drop a coin, hear it roll, and never finding it. That's why I carefully check all floor areas I clean for coins. I've had cases of finding lost coins after over a year. Report this Post to the Staff
Koinz Valued Member United States 71 Posts	Posted 08/31/2016 11:46 pm When I was younger, I wanted my wheat pennies to be shiny, so I soaked them in lemon juice, didn't rinse them afterwards, and now they're stained forever. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16867 Posts	Posted 09/01/2016 12:51 am Yep. Been there, broke that. Also done the ruin-copper-coin-by-acid thing (as a kid, after watching a science show on TV that demonstrated making copper coins shiny again). If you're still feeling bad, maybe reading this thread on the subject will make you feel better. Or at least, less lonely in your misery. You can see my own example on page 2 of that thread. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 09/01/2016 02:30 am I tried to remove corrosion on an LRBC* by heating it, then dropping into cold water. I reasoned that differential expansion and contraction of the good metal under the surface corrosion salts would result in the corrosion salts falling off the coin, or at least would be much easier to remove. I was wrong. Complete loss of the coin, into hundreds of tiny black particles was the result. * Late Roman Bronze Coin. Value loss? - about $15. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 09/01/2016 02:33 am Handle ancient silver coins with care; they may have internal silver crystallization, which can very considerably weaken the coin. That is why the edges of them so often appear to be chipped. Report this Post to the Staff
DavidUK Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2624 Posts	Posted 09/01/2016 05:04 am I haven't damaged any but I do wonder that a coin can survive 2400 years only to get lost in the post. The rate of my post not arriving seems disproportionate...and always with a coin the I cannot replace. Grrr! Report this Post to the Staff
Burkhard Valued Member Italy 78 Posts	Posted 09/01/2016 09:55 am Anyway I must admit that, if I never had the occasion to drop/scratch/badly cleaning/hurt/carry around a coin I liked, probably I wouldn't still be in this hobby... Report this Post to the Staff
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