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Poll. Are You a coin doctor?

Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Feel free to post comments but then you will be "outed" :p I'm at least a #3. :wink:>:)

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Poll. Are You a coin doctor?

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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,947 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I admit I have learned how to remove the haze off modern proof coins. That's the extent of it however.

    bob :)

    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Before my tenure here I dipped my Mom's Morgans in silver cleaning solution :(

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,835 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No.

  • chumleychumley Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭

    not even once

  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes. You have a fever and the only prescription is more coins!

    Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.

  • dpooledpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 1, 2018 10:22AM

    Smoebody told me to use baking soda pastes to clean up silver coins when I was a kid. Wrecked a few nice Standing Liberty Heads that way. :(

    In more recent years, I've used acetone to get PVC off coins a few times, and occasionally to remove haze.


    Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...



  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,804 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Occasionally I will dip a coin, acetone when necessary. But I am happy to do nothing most of the time. I love a crusty original surface! Some coin admittedly need some attention.

    My YouTube Channel

  • logger7logger7 Posts: 9,098 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like to use @$$-a-tone just in case there may be pvc.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    no

  • StorkStork Posts: 5,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I guess I'm a 1.5. Acetone is in my basement and I'll use that fairly liberally at times. Thorns for actual gunk removal. I have tried a little dilute MS70 in the past as well, specifically when the pvc was strong and I was not satisfied with the acetone. Despite labeling, that did affect toning, which made me think the toning was just another level of contaminant. No acid dips and nothing more extensive. Oh, and an olive oil soaking on a bronze medal once.

    I think that haze removal on that Yemen lion looks like a nice job.

    That said, I don't consider removing contaminants a type of 'coin doctoring' per se.

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Insider2 said:
    Feel free to post comments but then you will be "outed" :p I'm at least a #3. :wink:>:)

    On a scale of one to five stars...

    Will you teach me to be a 4-5? You should start a coin "doctor" school.

  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Me too! I might be willing to spring for some crap coins to work on. There are at least half a dozen places in town where I am sure I could come up with material in a jiffy.

    Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA

    RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'

    CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm guilty of dipping a few !!! :(

    Timbuk3
  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,111 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've dipped bullion before storage :smile:

    Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb, Ricko

    Bad transactions with : nobody to date

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No.

  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Some just need a bit of help or they go to melt.



    Hoard the keys.
  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Sonorandesertrat said:
    Me too! I might be willing to spring for some crap coins to work on. There are at least half a dozen places in town where I am sure I could come up with material in a jiffy.

    I'm sure that Ph.D. in chemistry will come in handy too. :)

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A lot of experimentation... but not on my 'collection'... and no coins ever left my possession. Cheers, RickO

  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 1, 2018 4:58PM

    Does having a PdF count?

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,777 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Once or twice.

    It was necessary and improved the appearance and protected the coin from further damage.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Is anyone a coin COLLECTOR doctor? ;)

  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think that's called an ophthalmologist, or perhaps a gastroenterologist.

    Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA

    RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'

    CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Exorcist. >:)

  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I wish we could talk to the 4 voters for "OTHER." :) At one ANA Summer Seminar, the instructor called a coin doctor on the phone for some input during class.

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @topstuf said:
    Is anyone a coin COLLECTOR doctor? ;)
    @Sonorandesertrat said:
    I think that's called an ophthalmologist, or perhaps a gastroenterologist.

    Or a psychiatrist, or a proctologist.

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've dipped and MS70ed, but I promise I didn't enjoy it. Am I a coin doc now? >:)

  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭

    At an ANA Summer Seminar, I had lunch with a coin doctor and 4 others (who didn't have a good idea concerning what we were talking about, particularly things involving chemicals). I incidentally learned that the coin doctor did a lot of business with a dealer whom I had previously viewed as a straight-up guy. Several of the instructors that summer were widely rumored to be coin doctors.

    Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA

    RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'

    CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
  • TwobitcollectorTwobitcollector Posts: 3,970 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 1, 2018 3:16PM

    At one time I had a proof silver coin with a milk spot, I took my white pearl eraser and removed the spot. It worked fine.

    Positive BST Transactions with:
    INYNWHWeTrust-TexasNationals,ajaan,blu62vette
    coinJP, Outhaul ,illini420,MICHAELDIXON, Fade to Black,epcjimi1,19Lyds,SNMAN,JerseyJoe, bigjpst, DMWJR , lordmarcovan, Weiss,Mfriday4962,UtahCoin,Downtown1974,pitboss,RichieURich,Bullsitter,JDsCoins,toyz4geo,jshaulis, mustanggt, SNMAN, MWallace, ms71, lordmarcovan
  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Sonorandesertrat said:
    At an ANA Summer Seminar, I had lunch with a coin doctor and 4 others (who didn't have a good idea concerning what we were talking about, particularly things involving chemicals). I incidentally learned that the coin doctor did a lot of business with a dealer whom I had previously viewed as a straight-up guy. Several of the instructors that summer were widely rumored to be coin doctors.

    The best teachers know the "ropes." Just because a person has "worked on" coins before does not make them a "bad" guy. Even security companies learn from formed "hackers."

  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 1, 2018 4:54PM

    The person I alluded to was still working on coins. In one sense, I don't view active coin doctors as the real 'bad guys'. They typically have business arrangements with dealers who pass on altered coins to unsuspecting collectors, and sometimes dealers actively work with coin doctors to identify candidate coins (e.g., up for auction) for purchase, doctoring, upgrading, and eventual sale. THOSE dealers are the bad guys.

    Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA

    RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'

    CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,111 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1630Boston said:
    I've dipped bullion before storage :smile:

    And have had no milk spots to date.....JMO :smile:

    Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb, Ricko

    Bad transactions with : nobody to date

  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @topstuf said:
    Exorcist. >:)

    ColonelJessup must be working on his license. He has been writing 'in tongues' for some time now. B)

    Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA

    RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'

    CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 1, 2018 5:20PM

    For the 3% of the anonymous voters who 'outed' themselves as coin doctors: what percentage of Forum members do you think wind up with your products? A WAG is all that I am looking for.

    You may communicate via an alt, passenger pigeon, whatever.

    Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA

    RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'

    CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
  • pbjpbj Posts: 93 ✭✭✭

    @Insider2 said:
    Feel free to post comments but then you will be "outed" :p I'm at least a #3. :wink:>:)

    On a scale of one to five stars...

    Is there an official punishment for coin doctors? :p

  • DollarAfterDollarDollarAfterDollar Posts: 3,215 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I clicked 3. I have been able to save a number of coins that were pretty horrible looking. I don't "dip" coins in the traditional sense but can improve many that still easily grade.

    If you do what you always did, you get what you always got.
  • StorkStork Posts: 5,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @topstuf said:
    Is anyone a coin COLLECTOR doctor? ;)

    Only if you are having a baby.

  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @pbj said:

    @Insider2 said:
    Feel free to post comments but then you will be "outed" :p I'm at least a #3. :wink:>:)

    On a scale of one to five stars...

    Is there an official punishment for coin doctors? :p

    Real coin doctors get detected eventually. Then they must submit coins through someone else.

    Others are doomed to stand up at a sink all day conserving coins they cannot afford to own!

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