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New Member
United States
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Edited by Teresa61
09/08/2018 3:28 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I can't help with that coin but  to CCF Teresa61 Quote:
I have saved coins all my life figuring one day when I am old and gray Remember "old and gray" is an accomplishment.  |
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New Member
 United States
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Thank you for the welcome Jst1dreamr :) Yes old and gray IS an accomplishment lol. sometimes I am surprised I made it this far!
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Moderator
 United States
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to CCF. Looks like reed damage from another coin. John1  |
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New Member
United States
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Thank you! I sure do have a lot to learn John1 :) I assume you are talking about the letters and numbers in the reeds as well as the ones appearing to come out of the turkey?
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New Member
United States
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I have another question. The round spot in this coin developed after I left an open jar of coins outside on my patio last winter. I have other coins with it too that were in the jar. I was reading tonight about cleaning coins and found out that this is a corrosion from all different denominations being in the same jar together and exposed. OOOPS! I have taken that jar and separated all quaarters, dimes, nickels, pennies, gold plated coins, etc, I want to get a cleaner and something to halt any corrosion before doing much else. I am overwhelmed with all the sales pitches about what I can use though. Could you please help me figure out what to use before the contamination spreads more?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Appears to be some sort of environmental damage, perhaps a drop of some liquid dried on it and ate into the surface. Likely not reversible. to the CCF! |
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United States
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As a general rule,never clean coins.If you use 100% pure acetone you will be ok. Quaarters, dimes, nickels, pennies (cents) all have the same metals,nickel and copper. John1 |
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New Member
United States
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All coins were within last 100 years, just a very few silver. But there was also foreign country coins and casino tokens and even chucky cheese lol. There is a modern quarter I want to examine more too but it has nail polish on it, I was wondering how to get that off but guess the acetone will be perfect. I dont think I have any antiques or super rare coins, so whatever damage is done will not be earth shattering. Nonetheless I wanted to pass these coins on to my kids and their kids after I pick through them. A few have flaking crud and so I guess the acetone will fix that too? What is the best way to store the ones I pick out for my grandkids? Does just rolling them up in plastic baggies work or do I need to go pro? Thank you
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Rest in Peace
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WAtch out for the cheap baggies, they may be made of plastic containing polyvinyl-cloride(PVC) that is an extreme danger to coins, that goes for any plastic container. I would recommend a mylar 2-pocket "2"x2" flip to store these in. You can pick those up from coin supply outlets on line or your local coin store. They come in packs of 100, about 2-3 cents apiece.
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Valued Member
United States
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The marks above the 'date' are contact marks from the edge of another coin. I had one just like that. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes, those marks are post mint damage.
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to the Community! Your post was moved to the appropriate forum for the proper attention.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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As said, it's all just damage unfortunately. I like that name though, it's pretty creative!  Errers and Varietys.
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