Cleaning Horrors!
- Thread starter WTR25
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, looks like someone took a dremel to it....
That's one of those ultra rare "proof" Peace Dollars.......
Dusty
Dusty
Iron Patch
Elite Member
A while back I seen a fairly scarce countermarked 8 reale on ebay and the seller talked about how he cleaned it, obviously thinking it looked so nice he should let everyone know, feeling I guess it would add to the value. It "was" a coin worth many hundreds.
GoldenEagle
Senior Member
Ouch. It hurts so bad just seeing it!
zeemang
Forum Supporter
Ouch......
Jressman
Elite Member
I think it looks cool. I wouldn't do it though. Its worth at least melt anyway.
I'm not really into the value of coins or mintmarks. I don't even check the ones I dig to see if they are rare. I just enjoy digging old stuff. This winter I will go through my coins and look them up.
I'm not really into the value of coins or mintmarks. I don't even check the ones I dig to see if they are rare. I just enjoy digging old stuff. This winter I will go through my coins and look them up.
NMsilver
Elite Member
I see what you mean, as I detect more, I check and clean less and spend more time swinging.
NMsilver
Elite Member
Not a cleaning story, but a coin abuse story-
A friends mother told me her husband found an early 1900s $5 indian gold piece while on horseback in the desert.
So what did they do with it?
"It banged around in our piggy bank for years"
Until she remembered it one day and decided to get it appraised.
It was worth over $400 and she had it made into a pendant!!!
A friends mother told me her husband found an early 1900s $5 indian gold piece while on horseback in the desert.
So what did they do with it?
"It banged around in our piggy bank for years"
Until she remembered it one day and decided to get it appraised.
It was worth over $400 and she had it made into a pendant!!!
I found an indian head penny. Couldn't make out the date or much of anything on it. I gave it to the homeowner who was alowing me to detect her home in the country.
She called me up a few days later and said she tried some sort of bathroom cleaner on it and it disolved in a puff of smoke. Not sure what she used but I should find out so as never to use that for cleaning coins, especially copper ones.
She called me up a few days later and said she tried some sort of bathroom cleaner on it and it disolved in a puff of smoke. Not sure what she used but I should find out so as never to use that for cleaning coins, especially copper ones.
gtoast99
Forum Supporter
I dug a heavily tarnished silver three cent, with a slight bend in it. It wasn't worth much, so I decided I would rather have it looking silvery, but I was scared of damaging it. So I took it to a coin shop. He took a look at it and said, Oh, I'm sure I can straighten that out for you, too! Put it on the counter, pressed with his finger, SNAP. I have it in a nice case now and you can't really tell it's broken. And to his credit, he gave me a better condition silver 3 cent from his shop at no charge. Still mad about that though.
Jason in Enid
Elite Member
I'd give that poor dollar a good home.
Bonesquat
Elite Member
You can make it look better by leaving it in a fresh water lake for a few weeks or so. Or just let it jingle in your pocket with other dirty change.
WTR25
Full Member
You'd think a coin shop owner would know enough to heat the coin up quite a bit before trying to bend it, especially one so thin!
gtoast99
Forum Supporter
You'd think. He was totally mortified.
hoser
Forum Supporter
Well look at it this way, you walked in with one, came out with two no charge. Don't get any better than that.
WTR25
Full Member
More like one and two halves heh..
KT would buy that abused coin for way under silver value and send it to the refiner! Make a few bucks for the Royal Tax Box!
WTR25
Full Member
If I remember correctly, the guy on ebay was trying to get $45.00 for it...
