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Coin Cleaning
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coin cleaning is always worth talking about. thos one thread has been going on for months. |
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On Nov 5, 9:17*am, Ruben wrote:
http://www.cointalk.com/t205352/ coin cleaning is always worth talking about. thos one thread has been going on for months. Rather have a cleaned coin than a counterfeit. |
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On Nov 5, 9:54*pm, sgt23 wrote:
On Nov 5, 9:17*am, Ruben wrote: http://www.cointalk.com/t205352/ coin cleaning is always worth talking about. thos one thread has been going on for months. Rather have a cleaned coin than a counterfeit. Unless less than 30 years old (MOL), a very high percentage of silver coins have been "worked on" at some point in their lifetimes. American collectors are more than a little squirrelly about this because we have so many nice Morgans, which are an aberration to the reality and nature of silver. One of the top numismatic "dirty little secrets". oly |
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"oly" wrote in message ... On Nov 5, 9:54 pm, sgt23 wrote: On Nov 5, 9:17 am, Ruben wrote: http://www.cointalk.com/t205352/ coin cleaning is always worth talking about. thos one thread has been going on for months. Rather have a cleaned coin than a counterfeit. Unless less than 30 years old (MOL), a very high percentage of silver coins have been "worked on" at some point in their lifetimes. American collectors are more than a little squirrelly about this because we have so many nice Morgans, which are an aberration to the reality and nature of silver. One of the top numismatic "dirty little secrets". oly -------------- Funny thing is that many collectors accepted "cleaned" coins in their collections until they were later told by hobby leaders how horrible and worthless cleaned and damaged coins are. A check on eBay and in several high end auctions show numerous cleaned and holed/plugged selling for pretty impressive sums. Obviously not all collectors drank the Kool Aid. |
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On Nov 9, 9:59*pm, "Bremick" wrote:
"oly" wrote in message ... On Nov 5, 9:54 pm, sgt23 wrote: On Nov 5, 9:17 am, Ruben wrote: http://www.cointalk.com/t205352/ coin cleaning is always worth talking about. thos one thread has been going on for months. Rather have a cleaned coin than a counterfeit. Unless less than 30 years old (MOL), a very high percentage of silver coins have been "worked on" at some point in their lifetimes. American collectors are more than a little squirrelly about this because we have so many nice Morgans, which are an aberration to the reality and nature of silver. One of the top numismatic "dirty little secrets". oly -------------- Funny thing is that many collectors accepted "cleaned" coins in their collections until they were later told by hobby leaders how horrible *and worthless cleaned and damaged coins are. *A check on eBay and in several high end auctions show numerous cleaned and holed/plugged selling for pretty impressive sums. *Obviously not all collectors drank the Kool Aid. You can still get something for a cleaned coin, try selling a none ancient counterfeit without any silver or gold in it and labeling the coin as such. |
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On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:12:25 -0800, oly wrote:
On Nov 5, 9:54Â*pm, sgt23 wrote: On Nov 5, 9:17Â*am, Ruben wrote: http://www.cointalk.com/t205352/ coin cleaning is always worth talking about. thos one thread has been going on for months. Rather have a cleaned coin than a counterfeit. Unless less than 30 years old (MOL), a very high percentage of silver coins have been "worked on" at some point in their lifetimes. American collectors are more than a little squirrelly about this because we have so many nice Morgans, which are an aberration to the reality and nature of silver. One of the top numismatic "dirty little secrets". oly you make a decent point worth thinking over. |
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On Nov 14, 11:41*pm, Ruben wrote:
On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:12:25 -0800, oly wrote: On Nov 5, 9:54*pm, sgt23 wrote: On Nov 5, 9:17*am, Ruben wrote: http://www.cointalk.com/t205352/ coin cleaning is always worth talking about. thos one thread has been going on for months. Rather have a cleaned coin than a counterfeit. Unless less than 30 years old (MOL), a very high percentage of silver coins have been "worked on" at some point in their lifetimes. American collectors are more than a little squirrelly about this because we have so many nice Morgans, which are an aberration to the reality and nature of silver. One of the top numismatic "dirty little secrets". oly you make a decent point worth thinking over. I have no stick stuck up my ass about any past or future posts in this forum. I pretty much get to the point when talking about coins without insults. I hope you luck with your endeavors in coins. |
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