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wybritwybrit Posts: 6,967 ✭✭✭
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Do not clean your coins! I repeat, do not clean your coins!!! image







This message is provided as a public service to finders of hidden coin stashes everywhere in the world.
Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.

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  • wildjagwildjag Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭
    And dont try to Artificially tone them either image
  • elvernoelverno Posts: 1,068 ✭


    << <i>And dont try to Artificially tone them either >>



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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    And don't even think of putting them in PVC flips either. Use mylar products.

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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    You mean I can't use this on my coins anymore?

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  • rhound1977rhound1977 Posts: 2,504
    Stay away from TV shopping channels for coins, though it's mostly Liteside anyway
  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭✭
    Eat lots of fruits.image
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  • BailathaclBailathacl Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭
    No running with scissors or smoking near acetone.... image
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  • drjulesdrjules Posts: 1,683
    Lurkers - stop and say HI

    We are friendly and have cookies, now where was that pic of cookie monster?

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  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's all fun and games till someone loses an eye.....
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,967 ✭✭✭
    We are friendly and have cookies, now where was that pic of cookie monster?

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    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,400 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And all this time there were cookies and no one told me...image But that's okay... they were only concerned that I might accidently dunk one in my martini glass...

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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,967 ✭✭✭
    So what really prompted me to post this thread?

    An email that reads as follows:

    Thanks for all the info on your website. It's spurred me on to do something I've been meaning to get around to for quite a while.

    [removed one sentence here]. I have a collection of English coins - pennies, halfpennies, threepennies, shillings - ranging in date from 1878-1967. I collected these coins during the late 60s - early 70s.

    The older ones in particular are tarnished. How do you recommend that I clean them?

    Some of the older ones are quite worn but dates and inscriptions are visible.

    Obviously, I'm curious about their value and I'll be looking into that once they've been polished up

    I thank you for your time and look forward to your reply

    Yours sincerely

    (name removed)
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
    I agree with Wybrit, it is better to clean someone else's coins!
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,400 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wybrit:

    With all due respect... I don't have a web site and do not have that contact with folks that just may not have the knowledge with respect to coins that many collectors almost take for granted. I certainly agree that coins should not be cleaned and I did not mean to distract from the seriousness of the message of this post. I am sorry and I did not mean to take anything away from the message that we all share and wish to communicate to others.

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
    Cookies and coins do not go together, someone could get mixed up and eat a crown!
    If you are in the Western North Carolina area, please consider visiting our coin shop:

    WNC Coins, LLC
    1987-C Hendersonville Road
    Asheville, NC 28803

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  • DanegeldDanegeld Posts: 1,497


    << <i>Cookies and coins do not go together, someone could get mixed up and eat a crown! >>



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  • dorancoinsdorancoins Posts: 2,091 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Do not clean your coins! I repeat, do not clean your coins!!! image







    This message is provided as a public service to finders of hidden coin stashes everywhere in the world. >>



    And if you clean your coins, you will really, really regret it. When it comes to cleaning coins, Doran Coins says, "JUST SAY NO!"
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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Coinkat, you are such a trouble-maker over here. image Now send us each an (UNCLEANED) apology coin!!

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    .....GOD
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    "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

    "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5

    "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
  • trbyrnetrbyrne Posts: 31 ✭✭
    No cleaning here. My Peruvian 1 soles have all of their original grime.
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,967 ✭✭✭
    No cleaning here. My Peruvian 1 soles have all of their original grime.

    image and welcome!
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I picked up the suggestion about the use of Olive Oil on this board. Is this considered a No-No also ?

    Scrub a Dub....Ouch !!!!!

    Ken
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