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Introducing A New Member" Zymergina" With Questions

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 Posted 11/04/2019  9:16 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add rggoodie to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I received the following From "zymergina"

http://goccf.com/m/68992

I am coaching this member to use the forum but here is thesituation:


I received my uncle's coin collection with the understanding I was to liquidate it.



I took a few coins to the Magic Empire Coin Club (Tulsa). As the collection has many boxes of proof and mint sets, setting up at the Black Friday Glenpool coins Show was the suggested means to realize the best return.

I did NOT know I would have to learn SO MUCH so quickly.

Chris Harrel, the club president, did me the favor of skimming through most of the non mint packaged materials. He recommended using Coin Care on many as they are (as I described them) someone's pocket change. I do have a decent amount/ quality of material for a table.

How do I decide when to have a coin graded? Several CC Morgans, but all but the one I can tell has been cleaned are not AU. An independent grading means I am not a disadvantage, and the coins that grade out (worth more than cost of grading) will be more valuable in the future as they are graded and sealed.


I have many quarters. Almost every single one from 1900-1964 show what Chris and I say is a lighter color sticker mark. I was making a cleaning attempt on one of those (near culls) with Coin Care and discovered the LED loop light renders the clearly visible to the naked eye coloration invisible.

Every time I think I am on track, I find 3 or more questions.

Have lost track of what part to work on first.

Where to start?


Thank you for having me.

zymergina (I have withheld this new member's name)

PS: The teacher for autistic teenager was over whelmed by my sending her the 1940's and 50's rolled Wheaties, and jeffersons. With a roll of steelies to round them out.

If you would like to help this member out ,
Please respond to this thread.

P.S. Since this is a new member they can not yet use the forum email- but can be emailed by most of you.
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 Posted 11/06/2019  4:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Pertinax to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
My advice is to avoid cleaning coins unless
a) you can't identify them

or
b) there is corrosion that you've been told will get worse.

I've not used Coin Cleaner and I don't know how it works or what it does.
If you decide to use it, try it on a worthless uncorroded coin and see what happens over a period of time and if you like the effect, try it on a small part of a corroded coin.
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 Posted 11/14/2019  6:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MartinezCoin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Best advice
1) Don't clean coins that are legible and do not have corrosion that could damage the coins worse
2)General Rule of thumb for grading is if it's a coin thats a few hundred dollars graded it's worth it, if not your grading fees will end up costing more than the coin itself

and lastly
3) invest in 2 things, 1 a Red Book (just for mintage and information on the coins) and buy 1 copy of the grey sheet (the big newspaper style one) to give you an idea of dealer pricing
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 Posted 11/18/2019  06:59 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Half to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Welcome to the forum!

No need to be shy, we are a good group of folk.

Going to your local coin club and join this forum are excellent steps! There is a load of knowledge here and lots of people who are willing and able to help.

I second the advice already mentioned. If there are any dimes - 1$ US coins up to 1964 then they are silver and worth more than face value for the metal content alone. Some post 1964 are also silver but that will take a little research to ID some of them.

After IDing the silver I would sort the rest by denomination and decade then go from there.

If you post enough here, just asking questions and what not, you may reach enough posts to offload some of the items here.
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