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I Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now
cartwheel
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This is an example of “I wish I knew then what I know now.” Here are some images of a couple of Ikes I saved out of circulation in 1972.
The top two pictures are two different Ikes (obverse and reverse); nothing really special, but both have nice cartwheels and have developed
a bit of not-unattractive toning (sorry about the poor images):
Now, back in 1972 I needed someplace to store these, so I took a couple of plastic cases that held some of my high school track medals
and put the Ikes in them. Please note: These cases had foam inserts. Fast forward thirty-some years, when I started getting into collecting
again, I pulled out all of the old junk I’d saved from circulation over the years (during the 1960’s-1970’s, mostly). Lo and behold,
when I pulled my Ikes out of the cases, this was the result. These are the opposite sides of these same two Ikes:
The foam had deteriorated and produced these surfaces. Luckily, this was a pretty inexpensive lesson to learn. It could have been a lot worse;
if I’d had a nice, old classic silver coin (I didn’t), I probably would have stored it in one of these cases with the foam insert. Now, of course,
I store all my coins in 2 x 2’s or certified plastic.
Anyone else have any horror stories to share?
Cartwheel
Edited to say I just noticed the PVC damage, too.
The top two pictures are two different Ikes (obverse and reverse); nothing really special, but both have nice cartwheels and have developed
a bit of not-unattractive toning (sorry about the poor images):
Now, back in 1972 I needed someplace to store these, so I took a couple of plastic cases that held some of my high school track medals
and put the Ikes in them. Please note: These cases had foam inserts. Fast forward thirty-some years, when I started getting into collecting
again, I pulled out all of the old junk I’d saved from circulation over the years (during the 1960’s-1970’s, mostly). Lo and behold,
when I pulled my Ikes out of the cases, this was the result. These are the opposite sides of these same two Ikes:
The foam had deteriorated and produced these surfaces. Luckily, this was a pretty inexpensive lesson to learn. It could have been a lot worse;
if I’d had a nice, old classic silver coin (I didn’t), I probably would have stored it in one of these cases with the foam insert. Now, of course,
I store all my coins in 2 x 2’s or certified plastic.
Anyone else have any horror stories to share?
Cartwheel
Edited to say I just noticed the PVC damage, too.
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"Money does not care about speeches on morality. Capital asks whether the rules will remain the same tomorrow. With inflation, people assume price is the problem, and propose regulation—but price is simply the message." - Martin Armstrong
Funny enough, I've rolled all of the coins or put them in books/holders to see how then tone and my 60$ or so in face-value silver is now worth more than I spent.
-D
-Aristotle
Dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas. Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.
-Horace
Next, I bought some low cost coins from dealers and they were in the soft flips. What did I know? If dealers used them, they must be okay. Then I hear all the fuss about PVC. Too late for many of them.
K
electronics parts and minerals, but not for coins. But not because I knew
any better. It's only the grace of God that kept my coins from looking like
that.
The rest of my family thinks it's a great idea to store the odd coin in a
zip lock or sandwich bag.
Mark
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