coin "conservation"

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• UncleWiggly Posts: 2,467

  August 22, 2006 4:33AM

  In this case lifting all the sea crude off the coins surface and neutralizing any active deterioration of the coin as well. NCS did a bunch of these I believe and Global slabbed them. Or was that the Andoria?
  
  
  
  Jerry
  
  ---For Global it was the SS. Central America--- Why don't people use Global Certification? You can't tell me Jeff Garrett doesn't know what he is doing.
  
  
  
  

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• Russ Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭

  August 22, 2006 4:34AM

  
  
  << <i>What is condsidered "conservation"? >>
  
  
  
  It's a special thing called Shipwreck Effect™ that makes junky coins worth lots of money.
  
  Russ, NCNE

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• Steve27 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭

  August 22, 2006 4:38AM

  Going from the top to the bottom:
  
  
  

  "It's far easier to fight for principles, than to live up to them." Adlai Stevenson

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• unknowncomic Posts: 945 ✭✭

  August 22, 2006 4:40AM

  Some of the coins were from the New Orleans mint and were dated 1865 and earlier. One of the silver dollars looked mint fresh but the ship was headed to N.O. not from there. He spoke of a grain of sand changing a coins value from $10,000.00 down to $500.00. I was drooling when they showed a 1865 $10.00 gold peice. Way out of my budget but pretty to look at.

  Molon Labe

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• Steve27 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭

  August 22, 2006 4:45AM

  Most of the coins are pitted from long exposure to salt water. That's why they're slabbed but not graded.

  "It's far easier to fight for principles, than to live up to them." Adlai Stevenson

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• BillJones Posts: 34,841 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 22, 2006 5:12AM

  Beware of their brand of conservation. When the first SS Republic coins came to market, I the opportunity to sell a few 1857-S double eagles that came from the wreck. Toward end of the run that I had a chance to handle, I noticed that some of the coins were developing copper stains. About a year and half ago I saw an 1857-S double eagle at a Florida show that a dealer had just purchased. It was in the usual PCGS gold label holder and even had the book with it. The coin was covered with really ugly copper stains and looked awful.

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