Token Collecting Rules? Are They The Same As Coins

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nohope587 Pillar of the Community United States 5953 Posts	Posted 01/25/2019 07:08 am I have been metal detecting all over the world and during the last few decades I have a amassed a rather large assortment of tokens and medals. Most have been buried for some time and are crusted in dirt. For pocket change I put them in the tumbler for about twenty minutes and this removes enough of the crud to roll them and turn them into the bank. If I did this to the tokens and medals would this ruin any value they might have to collectors. Most I'm sure are common car wash and arcade tokens I'm sure but one or two might be of more interest if you could only read them. So should I tumble or not? Report this Post to the Staff

Circus Pillar of the Community United States 3079 Posts	Posted 01/25/2019 07:56 am Other than The CWT's, or higher value ones not a problem. Cleaning either with a ultrasonic, soaking in your favorite juice or scrubbing with brush will work for most collectors. Anybody that thinks some coin dealers on line and in store fronts don't do some form of cleaning are kidding themselves. But with the tokens you are describing in great shape they generally are in the .25 to $2.00 range Report this Post to the Staff
scopru Pillar of the Community United States 5029 Posts	Posted 01/26/2019 07:23 am tokens do not fall into the same "rules" as coins when it comes to cleaning Report this Post to the Staff
nohope587 Pillar of the Community United States 5953 Posts	Posted 01/26/2019 7:33 pm then a tumbling I will go. I will post pics when they are readable. Report this Post to the Staff
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