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Rest in Peace
United States
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http://topeka.craigslist.org/clt/1755485911.htmlThings like this make me want to cry. And I'm not talking about the grammar and punctuation, either. Here's the text of the Craigslist ad: "I have a 1932 Quarter which is the first year the quarter was made a 1934 Quarter a 1916 and a 1920 Dime and also a 1951 liberty bell half dollar all of these coins are 90 percent silver and they have all been buffed to a mirror polish very close to one ounce of silver some of the 1932 quarters go for a lot of money because they didn't produce very many these are very hard to come buy call mitch at 806-6288" Edited by pls
05/25/2010 6:18 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3283 Posts |
My brother-in-law recently showed me a type set he has that is in a picture frame designed to hang on the wall. Every coin was polished to death like the ones you have shown. From the dateless buffalo's to the Morgan and Peace dollars. What a shame. Even to an untrained eye you got to see how bad it makes them look! All that glitters is not gold. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
371 Posts |
I made a tragic error of buying a framed set. I was not too happy with the polishing. I wish people would stop putting chemicals and metal brushes on their coins and leave them in their natural state.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1599 Posts |
Prior to a year ago when I really got into collecting and particularly visiting CCF ever day, I would not have known not to clean/polish coins. Live and learn-CCF members have taught me tons.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2335 Posts |
Here's an ad running on my local craigslist right now. There's even a picture that shows how nice & shiny they are. Quote:
I have 48 indian head pennies that have been cleaned and are in good shape considering they are between 100-120 years old. Book value on these coins is around $200. Most of them are 1900s but there are some from the 1880s and 1890s. |
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Rest in Peace
 United States
1729 Posts |
Who wants to tell these idiots that their "$200 book value" coins are now worth melt? What's bronze slag going for these days? lol
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Moderator
 United States
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You should offer melt (minus wear) for the coins, then make them pocket pieces. The wear over time should restore some dignity to those poor, abused coins.  I think it would be cool to have that "set" together in my pocket, like traveling back in time. I would pull them out occasionally and ponder over days past. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4212 Posts |
Don't need to glue 'em. Put them in them! Or desk top, drywall, trees, straighten out Whitman holes or side of your house!  |
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Posted 05/25/2010 6:28 pm
