When was coin dip first sold?
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It was around when I started collecting in the early 1960's.
When was it first offered?
When was it first offered?
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solution for the feet ,in swimming pools.After it was used on untold numbers
of scuzzy feet, it was siphoned off, rebottled and sold as a coin dip. That is
the honest truth as straight as the crow flies.
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And I'm sure there were those unscrupulous who sold there circulated coins as BU as a result.
<< <i>I wonder if it always smelled like bananas------------BigE >>
Bananas? Where is that stuff? The coin dip I've used smelled like butt
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My fireman was a 65 yr.old Hungarian guy that used to dissassemble sticky steam valves and soak them in a coffee can of his urine. He called it "body acid".
So I would say dip has been around since primates learned to direct their flow= millions of years.
and they're cold.
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edited to add: I was a chemist and could get it if I wanted it and some of the docs are actually chemists so they can still get it.
<< <i>Is the story true about the old time collector in the 1800's who, cleaning his coins by candlelight accidentally mistook his cyanide dip for a glass of spirits and killed himself?------------BigE >>
It was a very famous numismatist in 1922
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<< <i>In the 1800's (and I think until the 1960's) you could buy almost any chemical over the counter so people did make their own, and eng was right on cyanide. There are still people who swear that it is the best thing for copper and the source of a lot of the red indians and lincolns. It is now harder to get (pure), although it's still used in some rat poisons.
edited to add: I was a chemist and could get it if I wanted it and some of the docs are actually chemists so they can still get it. >>
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<< <i>It was around when I started collecting in the early 1960's.
When was it first offered? >>
Jeweluster was first sold 8/8/1951
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<< <i>It was around when I started collecting in the early 1960's.
When was it first offered? >>
Jeweluster was first sold 8/8/1951 >>
Based on the name it was probably developed as a jewelry cleaner and later adopted by coin collectors and dealers to clean coins.
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rub some baking soda and water on the coin.
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