This Is How You Should Clean Coins!

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patrick Pillar of the Community United States 560 Posts	Posted 12/29/2010 4:24 pm I just saw this article online and thought it would be of interest to some of the members here. They have a great process for cleaning: buckshot and Mule Team Borax! Still, I'd like to have been one of those old time coin washers. $14M in roll hunting! Amazing! EDIT: Sorry - I forgot the link... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic...HU1GT8K4.DTL Edited by patrick 12/29/2010 9:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Russ789 Pillar of the Community United States 623 Posts	Posted 12/29/2010 5:50 pm Link? Report this Post to the Staff
mitchhailey Pillar of the Community United States 1150 Posts	Posted 12/29/2010 6:45 pm From the post it sounds to like they are bead-blasting the coins with buck shot and Borax! That will sure clean those coins! ;) Report this Post to the Staff
carmykle Pillar of the Community United States 2448 Posts	Posted 12/29/2010 9:16 pm Amazing! Makes my conservation methods futile. I wonder how many coins have been slabbed and graded after going through that process. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 12/30/2010 12:14 am Amazing! The Fed. should thank him! That's what you call money laundering! Report this Post to the Staff
Jaymon74 Pillar of the Community United States 844 Posts	Posted 12/30/2010 01:13 am That was a pretty cool story. Yeah, I'd say if you sorted through 14M worth of coins, you'd find at least one that you'd keep! I'm guessing quite a few. Report this Post to the Staff
ayejay1974 Valued Member United States 314 Posts	Posted 12/30/2010 05:16 am Man, all the silver this guy must have handled! Report this Post to the Staff
14ers Valued Member United States 230 Posts	Posted 12/30/2010 07:07 am I enjoyed that article. also noticed a link to another story at the bottom of the page. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/artic....news_nation Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188001 Posts	Posted 12/30/2010 10:38 am Quote: I wonder how many coins have been slabbed and graded after going through that process. I was thinking the same thing, especially coins that were washed back when they first started. Old cleaning has a new meaning. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 12/30/2010 1:38 pm I take it this is news to most of you folks. This pops up every couple years. I've known about their "money laundering for probably 15 to 20 years. Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 12/30/2010 2:16 pm Quote: The St. Francis lobby once housed a bank of pay phones, and soda machines lined the floors. Now, with the soda machines long gone and pay phones obsolete Soda machines...in a high-tone SF hotel? Today, that would involve a concierge, and hand-washed coins of course. But yeah--everyone in SF knows this story--thanks to that paper. Course, it hardly puts a dent on all the dirt in that city. (I worked there for many years). What I find significant about that story is this: normal circulation can easily involve wear/tear that could get a coin body-bagged. Who decides what is damage, and what is part of normal circulation? Report this Post to the Staff
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