Has anyone every "Re-circulated" a cleaned or problem coin

tydye

In an effort to have it become "original" again. For example - say you have a cleaned XF anything. If you were to keep it in your pocket change for a year or so. Would the surfaces change enough for the surface to become acceptable again in the market but at a lower grade - VF? Has anyone ever tried this and if so how did it turn out?
Thanks

curly

nope...never done it.

TwoSides2aCoin

I put plenty back in circulation... yup... re-circulated a few that way. To some, it's still a treasure and hopefully, this sparked the 'collector mentality' in whoever found them.

PerryHall

Do you mean carry a cleaned coin as a pocket piece until the evidence of cleaning disappears?

lkenefic

I've tried this with a cleaned 1909 IHC that was XF-AU in details. I placed it on a piece of paper on the dashboard of my 1993 Nissan Pickup truck and just left it there for several months. The Airzona dust and sun retoned it back but sliding around on the dashboard brought it down to VF35 details and if I look real hard, I can still tell it was cleaned...I'm certain most people on this board could ascertain the "cleaning" status as well.

Leo

Baley

I've been carrying this au/cleaned bust quarter, maybe someday, will be EF, less hairliney.



in the meantime, terrific conversation piece

jmj3esq

I once had a horribly AT 1921 D morgan that came in circulated roll I bought on ebay. It was clearly cooked and real dark. A couple weeks in the pocket and the tone was worn away. It looked like a mormal circulated Morgan after that. I didn't really put it into circulation, though.

crito

How's my pocket piece looking?

Those spots were deeper than I thought.

123cents

Yes, but it was in a graded slab with the problem stated.

Leiana

Yep, my 1791 8R was a polished Morgan Mint product at one point in its life.




-Amanda

Moose1913

I've got an 1803 half cent that I'm carrying as a pocket piece. The obverse still has a nice outline of the bust, full LIBERTY, and a full date. The reverse is in fairly decent shape as well. The problem: the coin has been cleaned six ways to Sunday, probably with baking soda, a pencil eraser, steel wool, maybe even a belt sander. I don't think carrying it will do much, but at this point she's not getting any prettier sitting on the shelf.

tydye

I have some cleaned bust type that looks like Baley's quarter. Cleaned harshly and bright. I was thinking about carring them around for while to see if it helps.

That 1808 looks way better than a pocket peice to me. I think it needs to leave the pocket soon. What did it look prior?

Thanks for all the replies. I think I am going to give it a shot on a few

crito

Originally it had been blackened to hide an improper cleaning. I bought it raw as XF. When I dipped it the prior cleaning became evident, as did enough original luster in protected areas to make the AU grade. Since this is a series known for a lot of cleaned coins, thought I'd gamble and send it in to NGC anyway. They happily took my money and sent it back in a bodybag instead of a slab. So it's been working its way back down to a dull XF in my pocket ever since.

cladking

Many of them.

Usually they just need a good bath to get the contaminants off of them
and then exposure to the air for six to eighteen months. This especially
applies to copper and works better in a warm place. I'd put them in a
box and shake the box lightly every week. I'd put in ugly cleaned and
discolored coins and pull out nice natural looking ones.

Badly cleaned coins will need to be carried as a pocket piece for a while.

shirohniichan

I have a polished 1936 silver dollar I've been carrying around in my pocket for about a year. I noticed that it's getting dirt in the serifs and design devices that looks like jeweler's rouge.

It looks better than it originally did, but the fields still look polished. It's worth only about $8 either way, so my efforts in conservation won't yield any pecuniary advantage to me. I'm doing it because I've never seen one in lower than EF before and want to let it wear down to F or so.

Derek2100

yes

MrEureka

Yes. Early gold and slugs have been my best successes.