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Hi, all! I recently cleaned out my granfather's safe deposit box and I'm going through his coin collection and educating myself as I go along. The bad news is most of his best coins were cleaned, some badly, like the gorgeous quarter eagle that I'm sure would have been worth a million dollars if someone hadn't gone at it with a Brillo pad.  Anyway, somewhere along the way I got the bug myself, so I'm going to start my own collection. Any advice on strategies would be welcome. I thought I'd try to strike a balance between plain old bullion just to be practical, and the fun stuff. My first numismatic buy (today) was a 1938 DD Buffalo nickel, graded (ANACS) at MS64. What really caught my eye was the toning--most of the coin looks like it was dipped in gold, but there's a rainbow ring on both sides. (It's so gorgeous if it hadn't been professionally graded and slabbed I'd have been sure it was artificially done.) I probably spent too much ($65), but it was such a thing of beauty and I knew nothing like it would cross my path again. Then again, I'm a complete novice, so please feel free to jump in and tell me how wrong I am and I much I overpaid. G'head, I can take it!! Nice meeting everybody! |
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 twslisa! Hey, if you love a coin, it's not bad to pay a little more than average. (And $65 isn't that much more than average, plus the toning might make it more valuable to colorful collectors.) I've been on the forum for only a couple of months and I've already learned a ton! All the best, Mark Edited by dd27
09/26/2016 8:24 pm
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To CCF , Well so far you know one of the important things about coin collecting ; DO NOT CLEAN your coins . Now if you really want to get into the hobby you need to sit down with the newest edition of the Red Book, just to familiarize yourself about all U.S. coins . Then choose denominations and types of coins that interest you the most . and if financially feasible go ahead and persue them .  |
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I'll be glad to post pics once I find a way to do it. On another topic I asked about USB microscopes/magnifiers that could do the job properly. Getting close up pics from my camera or cell phone to come out clean is quite a trick.
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and since you openly ask for advise here is mine  Keep buying coins like the one above.  #1) you liked it and #2) it's beautiful! Many new collectors would have taken the $65 that you spend and bought a handful of lesser grade coins. Quantity over quality is not "better". Keep doing it like you are doing it! In 50 years you will have an amazing collection to be very proud of. |
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to CCF! Hey, if you like pretty buffs, then buy pretty buffs. -----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/ |
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Thanks, guys! Btw I did post pics of the buffalo under the appropriate forum. Topic See the Pretty Buffalo, if you want to see!
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Thanks! Now THAT I see! I watched a whole video where they kept flipping this coin around saying see the green, and honestly if it was there it was so slight anything I saw could've been the power of suggestion.
Some of my grandpa's coins were stored directly in those notebook pages, which I'm sure must be PVC, and I did see a small green spot like that on one Morgan. So I guess it's bathing day for those coins.
Here's another question: my thought was to do it out on my deck, so the chemical smell wouldn't be in the house. It's winter now, so likely it won't be very warm again until spring (which is fine by me--I like it cool). Any problem with direct sunlight or cooler temps when doing this?
Thanks again!
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I am unaware of the technique of acetone bathing
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