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New Member
United States
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I use lighter fluid to clean some of my lincoln cents. That works pretty good but when just roll searching, I'd like another way to clean the ones I keep that isn't so "flammable". Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
532 Posts |
Given the price and logistics of lighter fluid, it is more cost effective to just use that money for more coins.
It is a slippery slope when roll searching. It is easy to wind up keeping thousands of coins for wrong reasons. Everyone has a different system and I am sure you will fall into your own groove soon enough.
I would say anything you have to soak or clean before viewing is not worth keeping to begin with. Faster and more effective to just move past the problem coins and use the time, money for increased volume.
Welcome to the forum. You are in good company if a roll searcher. Good to have ya.
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Valued Member
Australia
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Thousands of coins for the wrong reasons! I like that. I have several hundred coins that I have kept and I have only just started roll checking. I also need to get a dump bank quickly so I can afford to start eating again ;-) Keep with your head, not your heart.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Roll found coins are typically not very valuable. The easiest way to conserve them is to hold them under running hot water and rub between your fingers. Sometimes I also use a drop or two of liquid detergent. Gently pat dry after this process.
I've conserved tons of circulated coins this way, it works very well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1450 Posts |
Ahhhhhhh! Another innocent soul sucked into the addiction!
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New Member
 United States
16 Posts |
Thanks for the info gang. I've slowed down a lot after keeping way too many. I keep wheats, good shape 60's cents, and any 1909S VDB's, 55 DDO's I run into. I was keeping all 70's, 60's, anything that looked even remotely looked odd on the surfaces. I wound up with way too many..way too quickly. Nickels, I keep 60's on down and any dates 70's and 80's dates that represent a higher than normal value (1982P's, 1986D's for example). I plan to pass them on to my son in 20-30 years or so, so I'm grabbin' a lot thinkin' quantity will outweigh (literally) quality..although I do have some quantity of higher value ones as well. Whether I have one coin worth 10,000 or many equaling 10,000...value is value. Thanks again! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote: and any 1909S VDB's, 55 DDO's I run into Why would you keep those ? ...   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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With the nickels I have heard that the single most common year was the 1964, so you might end up with a lot of those ones.
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New Member
United States
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You heard correctly. The first date I quit collecting was 1964.
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Posted 11/15/2009 12:55 am
