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Don't Leave Your Coins Under a Lamp!

nencoinnencoin Posts: 1,278 ✭✭✭✭
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I best most folks (I know I was) will be surprised at exactly HOW hot a regular 100 Watt incandescent bulb can get. The NGC coin was the closest to the bulb (nearly touching, we presume), with three others next to it - including the PCGS coin below - that were also affected.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wait a few weeks.. maybe 'lamp toning' will develop. image Cheers, RickO
  • SilverstateSilverstate Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭
    WOW!

    You can get AT on those too!
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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    now ya see that would never happen in a glass slab..image
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  • percybpercyb Posts: 3,333 ✭✭✭✭
    I kind of like them....image
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  • mercurynutmercurynut Posts: 3,207
    Looks like you found a new way to crack open a slab. image
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Looks like you found a new way to crack open a slab. image >>

    Good one! image

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  • adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭
    BUMMER!

    I use a CF bulb. I hate the color rendition.

    I switched to a 40W incandescent and even those get terribly hot.

    Then I dropped it, broke the filament, and am back to CF bulbs. Greenish, purplish hateful light that it is.

    Even CF bulbs can get hot enough to melt plastic in the right conditions.

  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭✭
    WTH?
  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    image
  • jfoot13jfoot13 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭
    you need a higher # sunscreen and forgot to turn them every 10 minutesimage
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  • DJCoinzDJCoinz Posts: 3,856 ✭
    LOL!
    aka Dan
  • NHSBaseballNHSBaseball Posts: 2,470 ✭
    Be grateful that the plastic didn't melt on the coin's surface!
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  • lope208lope208 Posts: 1,960 ✭✭


    << <i>BUMMER!

    I use a CF bulb. I hate the color rendition.

    I switched to a 40W incandescent and even those get terribly hot.

    Then I dropped it, broke the filament, and am back to CF bulbs. Greenish, purplish hateful light that it is.

    Even CF bulbs can get hot enough to melt plastic in the right conditions. >>



    Just an FYI...I recently started using CFL bulbs and I agree the greenish purplish light is hideous and unpleasing.
    However, you have to find the "soft white" variety, not the "daylight" color temperature!!! Makes all the difference.
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    HOW hot a regular 100 Watt incandescent bulb can get.

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  • clarkbar04clarkbar04 Posts: 4,979 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I hear ya!! (I bought it like this)
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  • OKbustchaserOKbustchaser Posts: 5,546 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just crack 'em out and you don't have to worry about the plastic melting.
    Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.
  • BoomBoom Posts: 10,165 ✭
    Reholder! Invaluable lesson learned.image

    BTW, never leave your slabbed coins sitting on the dashboard of your vehicle

    during the intense heat of Summer! Bad news. image
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,615 ✭✭✭✭✭
    From a Crack Out to a Stretch Out.
    Taffy Grading at your Service.

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  • adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭
    Yes, I agree completely! Car dashboards are for winter storage only.

    I use my shaded front porch for summer storage.

  • ArizonaJackArizonaJack Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭
    I use GE Reveal bulbs for my coin pics and buy carbon credits from Al Gore so I dont feel guilty
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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,732 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Maybe darkside coins just need more shade. image
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  • coinpicturescoinpictures Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭
    Slabs ala Salvador Dali

    How long were they under the lamp to get that way?
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  • atom48coinatom48coin Posts: 314
    Hmmm. Looks like Salvador Dali.
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  • garsmithgarsmith Posts: 5,894 ✭✭
    Smoe people will do anything to AT a coin image

  • adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭
    Molasses?

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    Ick.
  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    Sorta adds a little curve-appeal.imageimage
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