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Has anyone scratched, damaged any of their coins? Took my 2021 proof type 2 ASE to the bank box today. I wanted to show the teller the new reverse. I opened its box. I usually remove the plastic piece from the box and push the coin from behind. This time I tried to pry the coin/capsule out from the front. I pulled hard, the capsule came apart, the coin flew out, landed on the corner of the counter. Now it has a 1/4" scratch on the reverse. I had previously carefully taken the coin out of its capsule to photograph it. Maybe I didn't put the capsule back together tight enough. I suppose it's worth half of what I paid from the Mint. I'll consider buying another on ebay. About 15 years ago I was holding my Roman Tiberius silver denarius. It slipped out of my hands, landed on the tile floor and a third of it broke off. Turns out it had some crystallization inside which can happen to ancient coins. It was a $300 coin, now maybe worth $150 after I glued it back together.  I own several hundred coins and have held them all. I guess I'm not doin' too bad being careful. I haven't done much coin cleaning. But I think some have regretted their attempts. Edited by livingwater
08/25/2021 4:45 pm
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Oh my!  |
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Regarding your question, yes, I've inadvertently done some damage to a coin or two over the many years I've been collecting. Staples in 2x2's, dropping a coin or a TPG slab, etc. Every time it has happened, I learned a lesson and rarely have repeated the same mistake twice  . |
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STAPLES! There should be a law.
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STAPLES! There should be a law.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Ever accidentally damaged a coin? Next question, please. |
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The only type of damage that I have done to coins is that nice bronze red uncirculated coins that were left in 2x2's in PVC albums for way too long. Most toned evenly some did not. Fortunately, for the most part, the silver and copper nickel coins were not affected.
I now use archival quality album pages only. I made that change about 15 years ago.
I am sure that most would prefer red uncirculated bronze coins rather than toned, no matter how nice that toning may appear to be.
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STAPLES! There should be a law. I learned the hard way that they need to be flattened.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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When the 2009 Lincoln Commemorative cents came out I ordered 5 sets. The uncirculated coins came in satin finish and where made of 95% 5 zinc and brass like the originals. Looking through each set I picked the best coin and put them in a cap.
I left them alone for 10 years and when ANACS has the 10 coins for $109 I wanted to send these off to get graded. As I was getting the coins ready to ship putting them in flips. The 2009 D FORMATIVE YEARS fell off my hands onto the towel I had, trying to catch it, I accidentally grabbed the towel and the coin went flying landing on my carpet.
Looking it over I saw no damage and was thinking will ANACS catch that this coin fell not once but twice. We'll they did, these were very high quality with all getting MA68 to MS69 except for the one that fell which got MS67.
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It is necessary to be gentle, when it comes to handling ancient silver or bronze coins.
Internal silver crystallization can be a problem, and with some of them, the crystallization is not obvious. It can be a major problem with medieval thin hammered coins. With both ancient and medieval coins, major and minor edge chips are common.
I have seen ancient bronze coins that have patinated to their core, and so have become very fragile as well, most commonly found with thinner late Roman bronzes.
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I learned the hard way that they need to be flattened. One of my best investments was a $15 flat-clinch stapler about a decade ago. Saved me all the time of flattening staples on 2x2's, and I found the staples a lot easier to remove without damaging the 2x2, as well (I just use a small blade to straighten the prongs, and the staple pulls right out). In fact, it was also great for my ordinary paperwork, as there was no more snagging of papers, and flat-clinch stapled papers take up less space in my binders. Edited by hokiefan_82
08/26/2021 12:18 am
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I've dropped several coins in the past, but luckily, all were heavily circulated so no detectable damage was done.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Staples damaged my newly found 1960d rpm038 yesterday.
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Pillar of the Community
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It damaged the rim a little.
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There should be a law. That phrase is almost as bad at the staples. Luckily for me it was staple damaged page pockets that got me to start flattening them. I then realized they are also easier to get in and out of the pages.  |
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