I'm not making this up

Singapore

Back in the 1970s I used to buy coins from some guy in Texas named Bob Kelly. In the event that Mr. Kelly is still around, and still screwing his clientele, and happens to be reading this post, then I obviously was referring to a different Bob Kelly and this would not be, for example, slander.

I probably bought 50 coins or so from Kelly back then as I was learning the ropes in the hobby and bought lots of overgraded crap. didn't everybody?

Fast forward 20 years and all the stuff is body bagged by PCGS - except one.

This would be the 1892 Barber Dime which I bought from Kelly probably as an AU - I don't remember - and was one of the nicer coins except that it had some curious blue discoloration on the reverse (this was what they call 'toning' but I did not know that then).

Anyway, I remember discussing this curious coloring with Mr. Kelly at the time who recommended I clean the coin using baking soda and a Q-tip - which, not knowing what the heII I was doing, I did, vigorously and repeatedly until the coin was bright and shiny silver.

That coin came back in a PCGS MS65 holder, which I find more than a little ironic.

Placid

Bulldog

Sing,

See, now you know how to clean coins and not leave any telltale lines. Send me your address, I have a few pick-up truck loads of coins that I need ummm errr ahhhh, curating

bulldog

Bear

I am so amazed, I feel as though someone had let the

air out of my balloons.

CLASSICS

what???????????????????? cleaned with baking soda and a q tip ? ....and they graded it ms65?, crack it out and send it to acg, should come back ms70

Gemini

By swirling the Q-tip vigorously in a circular motion you have created what Southerns call the cotton wheel effect.

cosmicdebris

Bear do you mean like this?

pontiacinf

i was gonna put explode a bear on mine too, but i stole enough from ya bill