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Pillar of the Community
United States
615 Posts |
Do you keep them? What would you keep them for? If how would one go about getting rid of damaged coins. I'm talking bent, holed, you name it, its got it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3076 Posts |
some people will keep damaged coins for "hole fillers" in there albums. damaged coins are not usually worth that much in general, but if you have one, that's one more for your collection, you can always upgrade later...If you found the 1804 silver dollar, I'm quite sure it would have some value, but not the same value as any undamaged coin....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1523 Posts |
If you are talking about regular circulation damaged coins you can send them to:
Federal Reserve Bank
P.O. Box 6387
Cleveland,Ohio 44114
I believe they will give you 80% of the face value on coins and 100% on notes as long as you have both serial numbers for the notes..
Edited by Halfwitty
02/18/2010 7:13 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
615 Posts |
I was referring to just odds and ends, not US mostly. And I do not believe anyone would wish to use these as hole fillers. I'm talking common as they come foreign coins.
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Valued Member
United States
292 Posts |
There are are always wishing wells...  or maybe you could bury them in a mason jar and someone with a metal detector can find them again in a couple hundred years? Put them under wobbly tables in restaurants  or jam up the gumball machines at the store  (just kidding) or make some kind of weird decorative windchime. Mail them to a stranger in the phone book without a return address (and imagine the look on their face  )...I don't know what to do with them either!  |
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 Australia
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I try to avoid buying bulk lots that have too much trash. But whenever I find that I have acquired base-metal coins that are badly dented, damaged, corroded or otherwise beyond being collectable, I usually do everyone a favour and throw them away.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
Poland
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If it's pre-1945, it usually can be sold in a lot of similar trash coins. People seem to buy those. If it's not, then I also throw such coins away if they're really awful and I'm sure it's a common type and date.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If your sort of a crafty type individual you could make coin clocks and sell them on ebay. Take anything about a foot in diameter, glue coins in the 12 spots for time. Even better if 1 coin in the 1 place, 2 coins in the 2 place, etc. For movements, order from Klockit at https://www.klockit.com Or sell at craft shows. Or give to people for presensts. Or you could give all of those coins to some kids passing by your house. Find places where people run around with metal detectors and spike the whole place with those. Place in bottles, seal well and place in an ocean or lake. Leave on a table as a tip in restaurants where the service is really bad. |
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Paraguay
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- Try to spend them and not get caught. - Take a REALLY blurry picture and sell it on ebay "as is" and with "no return" policy. (just kidding) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
615 Posts |
For the tip idea - I think with a 1946 Mexico 20 centavos coin that is bent, punched, cut, scratched among other things you can get your point across fairly quickly.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1406 Posts |
I've always wanted to take old copper coins and spot weld (glue them)them together to make door knobs. (stacking small ones for the base, progressivly larger for the main section an so on) Copper is the best material to use for anti-bacterial protection and the look and feel of such a knob would be really cool. I'm gonna start with little knobs like a set of two for cabinets.
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New Member
Belarus
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At me few such coins, therefore it not a problem for me
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Posted 02/18/2010 7:12 pm
