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Edited by CazadorReals
01/18/2024 2:27 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's very cool. I wonder if there's a way to remove the coins that are stuck to each other?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Do you have any idea as to how that machine cleans those coins it looks electrical.
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New Member
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I think this is electrolysis for cleaning the coins
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would not even remotely consider electrolysis, at least at this point. Buy some food grade mineral oil and submerge the clumps. At least that is how I would start to approach this. You could start off with 100% Acetone but I don't think it would have any impact.
What is the composition? Didn't read all the text so apologies if it is in there.
Edited by DOCC
01/18/2024 5:35 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very cool!  Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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Gosh I would leave them as clumps. So cool. It seems like they'd be more valuable as-is.
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I agree with leaving the clumps as is. It's pretty easy to find these already cleaned up and in fairly good condition. I own several and see them at just about every coin show I've gone to. I've never seen clumps of them in the same state that they were recovered in. Personally, I'd be more interested in buying a clump of 10 of these rather than 10 separate cleaned ones. I imagine I'm not the only one!
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Bedrock of the Community
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 to the CCF I agree, just leave the clumps as they are.
Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.artToo many hobbies .... too much work .... not enough time. |
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Pillar of the Community
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What more information do you need? Clumps are highly collectable. Look at Daniel Sedwick's auction results for clump values. Auction 33 Lot 354, an El Cazador clump of 32 8R's, sold for $5500. Smaller clumps sell for less. Contact him to discuss your cleaning machine. https://www.sedwickcoins.com/ "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
Edited by thq
01/19/2024 10:47 am
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Pillar of the Community
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LEAVE the clumps, do not clean any of the coins. A larger clump of coins would bring larger money. You just don't see them because they were all separated and cleaned to the moon.
That is a great looking hoard, I have not seen one like it in the recent years. Keep us updated with photos of anything else cool you find!
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Thank you for the comments and information. I will be contacting Daniel Sedwick to sell these coins.
Amy
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Pillar of the Community
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>>>I'd list those clumps on ebay ... the clumps (especially the one with the oyster shell...) are more valuable than the (sum of) individual coins themselves ... BTW ... Dan's very knowledgeable & helpful ... |
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