I was just at an estate sale when I saw this. It was still in the original box and since I have a bunch of quarters I thought it was a good idea. They wanted 50 cents for it, but I gave them a dollar because they discounted something my wife needed. The lady I paid whispered to me it already had all the quarters in it but the dollar I paid really was enough. So I get it home and I don't know what I'm seeing. A number of the quarters seem to be proof quality with no goobers I can find even with a 12x magnifying glass, some look like they're gold toned, and I don't know mints yet. My question is actually facetious. Was $1 too much to pay, or did they cheat me? I actually do have a real question. Should I remove them so I can get fingerprints, dust, etc off of them, or since some seem to be proof level do I leave them alone? If I take them out I can catalog mints before I put them back. What is the best way to legally clean quarters without hurting their values? Thanks.
A very nice display! You could pop them out "gently" clean them "gently" with acetone (no rubbing or scrubbing) and put them back in "gently" using cotton gloves........no fingerprints, skin oil or grime on the coins!
Are you saying you paid $1.00 for 50 quarters? If so, that's a great deal and I'd do that any day of the week. Do the math. I'd also leave as is because it's neat.
I would go back and give the lady another $10. She gave you $12.50 worth of State quarters for $1.00? Why would she do that? She could have taken them all out and sold the holder alone for 50 cents....and made $13.
Yeah. The arithmetic is a bit confusing to me as well. There is a piece to this puzzle that is missing. Surely you didn’t pay a buck to get twelve bucks?
You won't get fingerprints off. I'd leave as is as a novelty item. Maybe even frame the folder with coins in it. And yeah, I'm not getting the math either.
Great. I'm still in infant learning mode and I've been warned repeatedly about cleaning. I get confused because there are members who genuinely believe any form of cleaning is evil and I don't want to ruin my $1 investment. Thanks for the help.
Yeah, I was intentionally being a goofus about the investment. One of my calculators says I may have made a profit. I'll call the IRS, State of Texas Comptroller's office, an investment banker, and the White House tomorrow to ask them how they want me to inventory everything. That way I shouldn't have any trouble with the whopping $11.50 "capital gains" gross profit margin. That's not overkill, is it?
That is correct. However, DON'T DO ANYTHING unless you are 100% sure you know exactly what you're doing and not to damage any coins. Acetone is generally safe. We are more experienced them the newbies and have experimented with common coins.
Would you believe I offered that? The reason she sold it for this price was I only had $1 cash left on me after my wife had already bought a set of recliners we desperately needed because of my physical disability. Everyone is happy. I think.
Yep. True story. We had been saving to buy a cheap recliner because of my physical problems and they were selling two almost new big name electric ones for less than we had already saved. We didn't haggle over the price for the recliners and I only took $1 extra with me. I offered to go to the ATM and pay more, but at an estate sale where everything is already 50% off. They just wanted to get everything they could out the door.
Math was facetious. I just want to vicariously share some good luck with everyone in this forum who have been so kind to me. There's too much bad news out there right now, so you all deserve to see/hear about something good, however small.
Thank you for your concern. I can easily see the sincerity in your advice and will absolutely do as you say. Since some look like proofs, I will study the forums a bit before I do any removal, touching, cleaning, etc.. Thank you again.
I'm looking a little closer at these things and a few look like they may be silver. I am one happy old, fat, bald, gray, goofy, married, Mexican looking white boy.
i have one of these i bought for my kid when the state quarters came out, we filled it an it now sits in its box on a shelf in the closet.. just keep in mind if you try to remove the coins, you mat rip the paper or even poke holes thru, they've been in those holes a while, they may not pop out too easily...personally i would not mess with it...
It's looking like you're right. They are severiously tight. I thought maybe I would get my welding brush out to clean them. Surely that can't hurt, right? Maybe a bench grinder?
I like your sense of humor Sam. I don't drink but I would be tempted to have a beer with you. I posted a quote from a song on Facebook the other day..."If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me". A friend In Georgia said "I would certainly miss your smart a** mouth".
You don't need to do any of this. I just wanted to make sure I heard you correctly. Don't clean the coins either, just leave them as is.