I have some coins in the oven as we speak.

commoncents123 · May 8, 2007 11:01AM

I've got some BU pocket change cooking at 475 degrees. Do you think it'll tone? How long will it take? This is just a little science experiment due to boredom. I wanna see if they'll tone. What else can i do to make them all pretty?

Musky1011 · May 8, 2007 11:14AM

Finger paint

sumnom · May 8, 2007 11:16AM

Mmmmm, smells good.

fc · May 8, 2007 11:20AM

you are going to have to learn on your own through experimentation.

i bet we all have done it as an experiment. i personally baked a few
quarters to see what would happen and then spent it. but i did not
take it past that.

this is not really the best place to ask such questions because a lot
of us think it is "an odd practice if you plan to sell them because it is
decietful in some ways depending on how it is sold".

ccmorgan · May 8, 2007 11:23AM

You know how to color easter eggs? Try dipping them that way? Let me know if it works.

AUandAG · May 8, 2007 11:40AM

Try putting a little vanilla (couple of drops) on the tray not on the coin....
At least it will smell good!

garsmith · May 8, 2007 3:13PM

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Try microwaving them next time

Newcomp103 · May 8, 2007 3:16PM

Why are there not laws against this sort of thing????

ccmorgan · May 8, 2007 3:17PM

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Try microwaving them next time

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LOL, yea I hear it's faster.

Zoins · May 8, 2007 3:19PM

<< Why are there not laws against this sort of thing???? >>

I asked whether the ANA should get involved in another thread. The answer may be that no one cares enough to get involved beyond posting on message boards.

FullStrike · May 8, 2007 4:41PM

I've always been curious about air-brushing some different chemicals onto some test coins. Some techniques used by art restorers might be worth investgating.

And ..... I've been waiting forever for a good ghostly madonna image on an old silver coin. The Coin Docs don't seem to want to touch that one. Madonna Toast on eBay hasn't inspired anyone.

Maybe I need to get that air brush kit and do it myself.

JapanJohn · May 8, 2007 5:41PM

Maybe not the best idea. Some metals put out toxic vapors at certain higher temperatures. I'm assuming this is the same over you cook your food in.

I wouldn't cook anything metallic in my oven, no way, no how.

John

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lordmarcovan · May 8, 2007 6:01PM

<< i bet we all have done it as an experiment. i personally baked a few
quarters to see what would happen and then spent it. but i did not
take it past that. >>

Because you burnt your fingers when you spent them?

Note to self: let coins cool before spending them. People don't like 450° pocket change.

Boom · May 8, 2007 6:07PM

Hey RealOne. That's a pretty stupid friggin' thing to say. Not everyone knows that you're NOT to put metal in a microwave oven. Suppose he does this and gets mamed for life. This IS the stupidest crap that you've ever written.

Coxe · May 8, 2007 6:11PM

I think if I caught myself with a tray of pocket change in my oven I would start looking good and hard at my life like an alcoholic's moment of clarity over his 10am c ocktail.

If I wanted to do something insane within the hobby, I'f take scores of extremely common coins and stamp COPY on each of them, rent a table on a major bourse and try to sell them.

Boom · May 8, 2007 7:07PM

Suppose cc123 is a teenager that really doesn't know any better and forever blinds himself or worse!

You never know WHO is on the other end of an avatar.

MrBluster · May 8, 2007 8:47PM

When baking they should be basted with vinegar first. If you want clown colors use sulfuric acid

basestealer · May 8, 2007 9:19PM

Speaking of microwaving coins--before anything really terrible happens the microwave will spark inside and make a horrible noise--that should signal it is time to hit the cancel button. If not, nuke at your own risk. I know from experience. I also siphoned gasoline out of my tank with a shop vac, so I'm willing to do just about anything dumb once, just to see.

For the conventional oven, put the coins on foil, and lightly coat them with a mixture of corn oil and motor oil. I prefer Prestone. It's what the NASCAR drivers use. Bake at a low temperature, like 300 degrees, for 2 or 3 hours.

seemyauction · May 8, 2007 9:46PM

Cost of energy
+ Labor
+ Cost of goods sold
____________________

now we know why expensive coins are used

I would like to see a study done of altered coins by year, population, and spread between grades.

I bet you would find that the years with large spreads between grades have higher populations of doctored coins........

AL

Boom · May 8, 2007 10:28PM

I don't think many people would be tampering with the most expensive keys within any given series.

Doing so would require extreme confidence and balls like an Elephant.

droopyd · May 8, 2007 10:33PM

<< I wouldn't cook anything metallic in my oven, no way, no how. >>

I've had bad luck using cardboard cookie trays.

Boom · May 8, 2007 10:43PM

I once saw this drunk actually nuke a cat! Man, what a mess.

ccmorgan · May 9, 2007 12:57PM

<< 

<< I wouldn't cook anything metallic in my oven, no way, no how. >>

I've had bad luck using cardboard cookie trays. >>

I use cardboard pizza circles. At low temperatures of course. The soaked in grease really works wonders.

mcheath · May 9, 2007 12:59PM

I fried up some nice pocket change a couple monts ago. Got some cool colors but nothing to exicting.

SpaceMonkey · May 9, 2007 1:01PM

tightbudget · May 9, 2007 1:10PM

I put mine on a lightbulb when I was experimenting.

ccmorgan · May 9, 2007 1:12PM

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LMFAO!!! Where did you get that pic? Looks like mother knows best. LOL HAHAHAHAHAHA

SpaceMonkey · May 9, 2007 1:13PM

just a little something i "cooked" up

ccmorgan · May 9, 2007 1:16PM

<< just a little something i "cooked" up

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I can tell, and I should have known..........LOL I love it!!!!

bushmaster8 · May 9, 2007 11:30PM

OT, but this thread reminded me:

When Microwave ovens 1st came around, my girlfriends ma got one.

I decided to "hardboil " an egg in it. Zapped it for a couple minutes, took it out, and with my face right up close to it, tapped it with

a spoon to test for doneness. BOOM!! I went off like it had an M80 firecracker in it. Scalding egg all over my face and Mom's
kitchen.

One of my finest moments.

mojoman · May 10, 2007 12:00AM

<< Maybe not the best idea. Some metals put out toxic vapors at certain higher temperatures. I'm assuming this is the same over you cook your food in. >>

it is true,I worked as a lab tech in a electo plating company for many years,we would "bake" after plating to release the hydrogen, to make the metal stonger, and to pass a tourqe test,this is the same processs,450 degrees for 4 hrs or more, we all wore mask, we baked,zinc,cadmiun(higley toxic, it is fazed out in most plants),tin plated parts,etc, now they are using ,zinc-colbalt,zinc-nickel, other concoctions, this is used in the auto,marine and commercial, companys for rust proofing, I would never "bake" in the same oven you eat out of lol,I really doubt 1-2 coins will harm you but the people that bake AT coins, silver coins etc, all the time should use extreme caution, JMO> MoJo

Winston · May 10, 2007 12:27AM

I think you need to use some English Leather and turn the oven to broil – that’s just what I heard.

Rob85635 · May 10, 2007 12:33AM

Your coins have now been in the oven at 475 for almost 2 days now. I would suggest you take them out, they will burn soon.

Sotty · May 10, 2007 1:47PM

The clad nickels, dimes, quarters and halves will first tone gold then fuscia then blue then an olive color.
basically the same for golden dollars and cents. clad cents left in long enough will lose their copper and look like a 43. It helps to give an acetone or alcohol bath first.

dthigpen · May 10, 2007 2:13PM

<< Hey RealOne. That's a pretty stupid friggin' thing to say. Not everyone knows that you're NOT to put metal in a microwave oven. Suppose he does this and gets mamed for life. This IS the stupidest crap that you've ever written.

>>

Oh please.

garsmith · May 10, 2007 3:04PM

For those dumping on RealOne it was me that first posted that they should try a microwave next time not RealOne! And if anyone is stupid enough to be doctoring coins and using a microwave to do it they will get what they deserve!

tlbrown · May 10, 2007 3:09PM

For those of you doctoring coins. Mercury dimes get a nice toned look inserted in a wall socket........

ccmorgan · May 10, 2007 3:13PM

<< For those of you doctoring coins. Mercury dimes get a nice toned look inserted in a wall socket........

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Think I'll try that if the microwave thing doesn't work.

garsmith · May 10, 2007 3:13PM

<<For those of you doctoring coins. Mercury dimes get a nice toned look inserted in a wall socket........

>>

Make sure it's a switched outlet or be sure that you can move fast!

ccmorgan · May 10, 2007 3:18PM

<< <<For those of you doctoring coins. Mercury dimes get a nice toned look inserted in a wall socket........

>>

Make sure it's a switched outlet or be sure that you can move fast! >>

I'll play it smart and use the GFI receptacle that my microwave is plugged into.

JeremyDie1 · May 10, 2007 3:20PM

Stick them in tin foil in the microwave.

tlbrown · May 10, 2007 3:22PM

I'm telling ya ... You just don't get the same results from a GFI receptacle?? Wall socket is better. Nice amber rim tone. Jus t do it at your mother in-laws house

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Type2 · May 10, 2007 4:42PM

Mine is done

SpaceMonkey · May 10, 2007 4:48PM

<< Thanks for the kind words guys, I rarely get any support, so when I do I just want you guys to know I really do appreciate, Zjust wish it had to do with coin collecting and not stupid dumbass schmucks cooking coins in assorted electronic devices. Obioudly know one wants anybody to get hurt, but somethimes a lesson learned is the fastest way to teach. Now where did I put Skinners little black box. BTW does any body of a gov't video showing what happens to the user when the user puts mental in a micto-wave, real curious and could use a good laugh had a crappy day.

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here are some dumb A$$s for your viewing pleasure

stupid pet tricks

I have some coins in the oven as we speak.

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