Cherry pick jackpot

Here is the highlights from my amazing pawn shop score. Sorry for the rotated pic and no you’re not seeing double.

 

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Darn, that Gold and Silver shop is going to start jacking up the price when they see you walk through the door. LOL
Nice haul.

 

sweet find!

 

Well it did go from $10 to 11.50 to $12.50. I didn’t complain

 

Probably should have just bought all of them at $10 each. LOL Hind sight is always better.

 

Sure beats loosing money in the casinos, which I've done my fair share of, having lived in Placerville for years and making regular trips to SLT.

 

A few seem to have surface grime. I would recommend soaking every one in some 100% industrial acetone time get rid of any organic dirt or pvc residue. Let them air dry and they may end up looking significantly nicer and straight-grade if you send them in

 

That is a little beyond my pay grade. I think I’ll let the professionals do that. PCGS restoration?

 

I would've been all over those, too! Outstanding score!

 

To be honest, acetone is pretty family friendly. You literally do NOTHING besides let it sit in acetone and air dry. Acetone is lkke $6/quart at Home Depot.

for coins that simply have some tape, or pvc residue you can save yourself a few bucks by not sending in for conservation.

But, for the super high value ones might be worth it to let the pros do their job

 

I'm not sure that would be cost-effective. An acetone soak really isn't difficult or dangerous at all (as long as you keep fire away), and a quart or gallon of acetone will cost you less than one conservation fee.

 

The 28s has the most value. It’s AU50 or 55. May send that one in

 

The 21 is a low mintage year for all 3 mints.
Usually the pawn shops look up these things.

 

Not all. The shop I used to frequent basically only looked for CC mint marks. I picked up a worn but problem-free 1895-O there for the same price as the common dates.

 

Same here. They look for cc mint but the guy told me that nobody collects coins anymore.

 

That would be getting greedy right?

 

How long do you let it soak?

 

My wife’s family is from Camino, Apple hill

 

I would do just overnight. Remember that acetone is NOT A CHEMICAL DIP. It is simply a solvent that removes organic compounds. It’s a faster way to a accomplish in one night what distilled water would take a month to do.

please feel feee to search around this site, but there is almost NO instance ever where acetone would ever harm a car. It’s like washing your car with pure water - it literally cannot hurt

 

It’s very easy. Get a clean glass jar carefully drop coin In. Fill with acetone maybe 1”. Leave and forget about overnight. Take coin out rinse with distilled water carefully gently pat dry just enough to get major droplets off then let air dry. Repeat if nessicary with fresh acetone. As long as you don’t rub the coin with anything you’re safe and it’s fairly foolproof. Just be gentle. Dump old acetone and repeat. Or if you want to be frugal and more thorough use 2 jars. One dirty to get the worst off one clean as a second rinse. These are circulated coins not ms 67. You’re highly unlikely to damage them unless you scrub on them and the money saved well worth it. If it’s tape or glue residue may take a few soaks or a couple days. I’ve literally conserved hundreds of coins this way with no ill effects and straight grades at pcgs