Solid Block of Change

Living in the south, a weekend trip to the carwash is part of the routine to eliminate the green blanket of pollen that lies on your vehicle this time of year. Saturday before last when I pulled up I noticed a drink cup. When I looked I saw that cup was full of this change. The change was a solid block in that cup. I assume it was a dried up cup of soda, I have no idea. Being the thrifty sort that I am, I brought the cup home and filled it with hot water and dish soap. I rinsed and repeated daily until yesterday when I dumped it all to dry..... Given that we are dealing with this pandemic, would you feel comfortable rolling this change up to deposit in the bank?

 

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return it to the bank?

I clearly see several Doubled Dies and rare, unknown Discovery mint errors.

on the other hand, maybe they're just dirty? Nah ... send 'em all in to PCGS for .... well, they're closed. ugh. CCGS then .. ClawCoins Grading Service is open for biziness. with the motto .. "if you gotta ask, then it's not".

but seriously, all the banks around here are closed now except by appointment for critical transactions (or something like that). So you're stuck to the CoinStar at Walmart.

or just clean it again and keep it as it's only a dollar or two right ?

 

I wouldn't be afraid of the virus, but, the only thing that would interest me in cleaning it would be my inclination to be a miser. I still bend over to pick up (as @paddyman98 would say) FOG.

 

It sat in hot soapy water. Whatever crud was living on those coins is dead now. If it's not, we have bigger things to worry about....

 

Soap.. Good
Hot water.. Good

It's good to go!

Pocket Change is dirtier than those coins!

 

I wouldn't worry about them - especially since you soaked them in soapy water,

 

I've had this corroded Jefferson nickel for what seems like a year, now, so, after a similar soap and water bath followed by some acetone, I put it in my coin purse to take to my visit to Walmart.

Being the sort who'll take the time to feed ~ $10 worth of change into one of their self check-out stations, I thought I'd give that nickel a go, but no cigar! Out it flew into the rejection/change bin. I guess it will have to be given as part of the tip money to some unsuspecting wait person...if the the restaurants around here ever reopen.

 

Cents have a copper outer layer. Copper is not a hospitable place for viruses. Given you have washed them already, dry them off and deposit. No concern to me at all.

 

How sure are you it wasn't a dried up chewing Tabaco spit cup full of primarily pennies?

I'm just looking for a logical reason it was left by someone and there were no takers until the fluid was all dried up.

 

ewww

 

Yep.... That one got me too. And right here at lunchtime too!

 

Let’s hope you didn’t spend more on water and dish soap than the coins are actually worth... haha

 

Oddly, my last visit to a coinstar machine got me a handful of nickels from the eject tray. I didn't see anything wrong with them either.

 

Don't put them in your mouth. Nobody else posted that precaution, thought I'd mention it.

 

Darn it.... LOL

 

Oh..... $3.92 was the take. All safely rolled up now.

 

No worse than Paddy's FOG

 

Oops.

 

That's $3.92 ya didn't have before! I would've taken them home too. I bend over to pick up a cent.

 

I'm there too, but only if it's an obvious wheat. I wouldn't give a loose zincon more than a passing glance. I made no move on a quarter laying unattended in a parking lot a few weeks back. Yeah I couldn't believe it myself, as I arrived back to my vehicle. Beautiful sunny day too, so I couldn't blame my laziness on the weather.