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Valued Member
Canada
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I was going through some more of the coin collection that was left to me and I came across these coins with yellow on them. I was wondering, does anyone know what it is? Is it glue or something? Are these coins worth anything because of this yellowishness? I have probably two full rolls of quarters from 1900-1940 that have this stuff on it. A few 1917 ones don't. Do we know why? Also, I found this old $20 bill awhile back when I first inherited the collection. Can anyone tell me anything about it..and maybe if it has more than it's face value? Thank you :)  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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I can't talk to the yellowish stuff on the coins but the bill is a 1937 issue. The C/E series was part of a series that belong to the family of B/E to E/E according to the Charlton Standard Catalogue. There were 40 million notes printed is these series. From what I can make out in the pic, the bill has been passed around a fair amount. In F - $35, VF - $40 anf EF - $75.00 Hope this helps.  |
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Valued Member
 Canada
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Thanks al :)
The main reason why I want to know about the coins, is because I am going to sell them as a lot of them a duplicates. Should I sell them as junk? Because I dont think they are collectible like this..but I want to know because I dont want coins that have any collection value being destroyed.
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Valued Member
Canada
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annnd I just found the answer to the yellow stuff. I was going through more coins and I found the coin booklet these coins belonged in. The coins kept falling out so they put a piece of scotch tape across the coins. After years and year of being taped I guess it transferred onto the coins.
Any way to clean these?
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Valued Member
Canada
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I have come across this before, the yellow stuff as you call it is glue, there were times when collectors wanted to show off there coins and therefore glued them into a frame for display on a wall etc.
It is almost imposable to remove without damaging the coin and in my oppinion would only be worth silver content.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It is tape. Surprisingly, it is relatively common to find this happening with old coin collections. I've never cleaned any myself, but I'm pretty certain the residue can be removed with an acetone bath. If you're not experienced with acetone and the coins are common, you may want to leave them as is for now. Search the site a bit regarding tape residue and you will likely find more info.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Pick up a copy of Charltons Catalogue of coins. If you don't want to buy one, your local library may have one on the shelf, to sign out. There may be some varieties in your collection which may bring a premium over melt value. You can also do a bit of research on ebay to get an idea what they are selling for. That's part of the fun! Good luck with it. Btw... very nice $20.00 note. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Acetone should easily remove any glue residue so long as the glue was organic based, (most common glues are)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Even if the residue is removed with acetone and it probably will be, there might be a difference in the color compared with the rest of the coin so the taped part will be recognizable. This would be due to slight difference in toning in the open air compared to the area under the glue.
jim
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 Canada
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Ah yes. Scotch tape to keep the coins from falling out of the Whitman folders. I did that about 35 years ago. The results over time were not pretty.
Fortunately, I only did it to junk silver, so no loss.
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