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"Clean your specimens with a soft eraser or a little vinegar before placing them in the board&q

icsoccericsoccer Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭
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Have you seen a board older than this one? This one is dated 1934.
How about the directions on cleaning...on any other brand boards?
I wonder how many coins went through the 'process'?
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  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,563 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    wow
  • tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
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    At least those coins look fine though
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  • mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭
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    Coin's for sale/trade.


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  • jhdflajhdfla Posts: 3,030 ✭✭✭


    << <i>image >>



    And who says coin doctoring is a recent phenomena image

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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    ..........PURE BLASPHEMY!!!image
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  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    Acid and an abrasive procedure, how very quaint.image

    Why not use Aqua Regia and complete the job.
    There once was a place called
    Camelotimage
  • rgCoinGuyrgCoinGuy Posts: 7,478 ✭
    At least they recommend that the eraser is soft. image
    imageQuid pro quo. Yes or no?
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,903 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Anyone else remember those coin cleaning kits that included a small brass brush?

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  • KablemodemKablemodem Posts: 466
    I was going through my collection today and I found a plastic bag with Wheat Cents, Nickels, Dimes, and Quarters. I had no idea why I had put those coins in the bag. Other than the early Wheat Cents, there was nothing really special about the rest of the coins. Then I realized these were the coins I took out my Whitman folders at some point. I put the Wheat Cents with the rest of my "collection" (hoard), went through the Nickels and picked out a few of the decent ones, and dumped all of the dimes in my change jar. Then I looked at the quarters. None of them had any luster on the front, but most of them looked nice on the back. Why the heck did I save these? I put these coins in the folders in the 70s, so these coins must have been nice when I got them. I rubbed one of the quarters with my shirt and it looked brand new. I shined up the rest and my Quarter collection looked just as good as they did when I was a kid! I put them all back into the bag to save for sentimental reasons, but they all belong in the coin jar, especially now that they are cleaned. image
  • JedPlanchetJedPlanchet Posts: 908 ✭✭✭
    Out of curiosity, since they mention the 1922 "plain", was there a spot for one on the board? image
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  • ocon4008ocon4008 Posts: 1,703
    <<..........PURE BLASPHEMY!!!>>

    That's not blasphemy..... this is.......










































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    It's fun to stay at the Y M C A!
  • InternetJunkyInternetJunky Posts: 2,329 ✭


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    At least those coins look fine though >>



    I can assure you that some of those coins have been cleaned with an eraser. My father had me do it to some wheaties as a youngster - I still have them and they look similar to some of the coins pictured.
  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have a 1808S IHC that my grandmother gave me. I cleaned that sucker with dry baking soda almost MONTHLY. (as advised in a Reader's Digest article)
    Then forgot about coins for a few decades.
    Some years back I sent it in for grade and ANACS gave it a 53.
    I'd shore like ta know what it looked like when I got it.

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  • savoyspecialsavoyspecial Posts: 7,313 ✭✭✭✭
    you might want to contact David Lange for additional info on your particular board


    LINK


    also, thanks for sharing!

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    These things evolve.. just like the 'toning' or more correctly, surface degradation, fad of recent years. Once, cleaning coins was acceptable, and bright, as struck coins, the desired state. A coin is a coin is a coin... collect what you like. Cheers, RickO
  • Ed1840Ed1840 Posts: 355
    I take it cleaning your coins this way isn't very goodimage. I prefer to use ketchup on my coppers anyway. It gives them a bright orange colorimage
  • NitroCruiserNitroCruiser Posts: 654
    At least those coins so treated are springtime fresh.image

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