A toning miracle!

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MrEureka
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I bought a small collection today. The coins were submerged in a saltwater flood and essentially left to die. Virtually everything looked like this:


Andy Lustig

Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.

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  • scubafuel
    scubafuel Posts: 2,080 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Wow that is a mess. Anything salvageable in there?

  • MrEureka
    MrEureka Posts: 24,777 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @scubafuel said:
    Wow that is a mess. Anything salvageable in there?

    Yes, but nothing was good enough to bother mentioning.

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • DoubleEagle59
    DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Send it for grading and I bet it'll be AT!!!

    "Gold is money, and nothing else" (JP Morgan, 1912)

    "“Those who sacrifice liberty for security/safety deserve neither.“(Benjamin Franklin)

    "I only golf on days that end in 'Y'" (DE59)
  • Sunshine Rare Coins
    Sunshine Rare Coins Posts: 2,362 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Looks like no R-8 patterns in this deal... :D

    Sunshine Rare Coins

    sunshinecoins.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html

  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    What a bummer to see. I'm happy to see the commem, nice job

  • Tibor
    Tibor Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Those Taco Bell napkins go above and beyond.

  • sellitstore
    sellitstore Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Thank you, Andy.

    Collector and dealer in obsolete currency. Always buying all obsolete bank notes and scrip.
  • USMarine6
    USMarine6 Posts: 2,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @coastaljerseyguy said:
    Can't kill a Marine.

    Damn straight

  • Jimnight
    Jimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    How about an eBay surprise envelope...

  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,860 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Throw them into circulation and see how long it takes them to make another appearance here. 🧐

  • OAKSTAR
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    @Namvet69 said:
    Whatever you do, don't let @emeraldATV see those coins!

    LoL!! That had me laughing out loud! 🤣

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • OAKSTAR
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    @JBK said:
    Throw them into circulation and see how long it takes them to make another appearance here. 🧐

    He should take pictures first.

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • OAKSTAR
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    @TwoSides2aCoin said:
    Some storage areas are worse than others. Call it a shipwreck find and list it on eBay, brother.

    I guess it would have been a little different if they were silver.

    When there's a flood coming or natural disaster, protect the coins!

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • SanctionII
    SanctionII Posts: 13,185 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Maybe you should but the coins back into their OGP and sell them to Vault Box for inclusion in the next Vault Box release.

  • Coinscratch
    Coinscratch Posts: 11,085 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That’s pretty sweet looking how well does it grade? From the pics looks like 67+ or better.

  • joebb21
    joebb21 Posts: 4,811 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I wonder if that was part of the collection I sold about 3-4 years ago on ebay. All from hurricane sandy flooding. Coins looked just like that

    may the fonz be with you...always...
  • cladking
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    @MrEureka said:
    I bought a small collection today. The coins were submerged in a saltwater flood and essentially left to die. Virtually everything looked like this:

    Hey! That looks an awful lot like what they look like after being submerged in fresh water.

    Fires and floods kill more coins than anything else and there are a lot of places coins can go to die.

    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • cladking
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    Banks look at you funny if you take a bunch of these in. They might even refuse them.

    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • MrEureka
    MrEureka Posts: 24,777 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Coinscratch said:
    That’s pretty sweet looking how well does it grade? From the pics looks like 67+ or better.

    It’s pretty much perfect. It was in its original capsule. Maybe waterproof but not airtight, if that’s even possible.

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • MrEureka
    MrEureka Posts: 24,777 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @cladking said:

    @MrEureka said:
    I bought a small collection today. The coins were submerged in a saltwater flood and essentially left to die. Virtually everything looked like this:

    Hey! That looks an awful lot like what they look like after being submerged in fresh water.

    Could be. I was told it was saltwater, but they could have been mistaken.

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • MrScience
    MrScience Posts: 787 ✭✭✭
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    Cool!

    As a kid, I received a framed Lincoln Memorial cent coin board which, decades later, ended up getting flooded in my mother's basement. Some of the coins developed wild toning! I ended up selling the display intact....

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