What bothers you most

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by stainless, Sep 19, 2008.

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What bothers you most?

  1. A dipped coin

    8 vote(s)
    20.0%
  2. A staple scratch

    9 vote(s)
    22.5%
  3. fingerprints

    9 vote(s)
    22.5%
  4. A corroded coin

    14 vote(s)
    35.0%
  1. stainless

    stainless ANTONINIVS

    What bothers you most


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  3. Phoenix21

    Phoenix21 Well-Known Member

    Corrosion all the way, GRRR!!!!! :D Lol, really, that's what upsets me a lot with Lincoln's, some nice coins can get ruined so easy with corrosion. That's why it's challenging to find a nice, problem free example sometimes. Corrosion, bah-humbug. ;)

    The Bird of The BBQ :cool:
     
  4. jaceravone

    jaceravone Member

    For some reason, all my 70's Lincoln proofs have a nice finger print smack on the face of Lincoln. I just haven't had a chance to replace them yet, but I always wonder how they got there. I'd like to think that I didn't do it but.........?
     
  5. covert coins

    covert coins Coin Hoarder

    I hate fingerprints.. Just pure carelessness....
     
  6. Arizona Jack

    Arizona Jack The Lincoln-ator

    I vote dipped ( on purpose destruction ), then staple ( careless ). Corrosion and fingerprints are bad too. Stainless, we need an " all the above " lol
     
  7. spock1k

    spock1k King of Hearts

  8. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins

    Fingerprints........hate fingerprints.
     
  9. scottishmoney

    scottishmoney Buh bye

    I voted for outright stupid and deliberate damage, ie dipping. Fingerprints are seldom deliberate, and are usually careless mistakes. Staples are always an accident, and corrosion is something nobody wants.
     
  10. kidromeo

    kidromeo I M LEGEND

    I voted for staple scratch because I don't care about dipped coins, fingerprints are tolerable to some extent, I hate corrosion as much as toning (a big sorry to all toned coin fans) but staple marks are simply unbearable to my eyes.
    Ofcourse don't I care about any of these if I happen to get the coin for free or from circulation.
     
  11. alpha480v

    alpha480v Senior Member

    I hate all of them, but especially corrosion.
     
  12. diocletian

    diocletian Senior Member

    Where's the button for brillo pad?

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  13. TheNoost

    TheNoost huldufolk

    I vote improperly cleaned.
    diocletian-I have a few morgans and peace dollars like that. Grandpa made me do it in the late 80's when I was just a kid. 1 brillo'd, 3 scraped with a silver knife (cause the silver in the knife made it ok to do).:mad:
     
  14. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins

  15. stainless

    stainless ANTONINIVS

    I was thinking about putting that on there, but everyone would have voted for that..lol


    stainless
    AKA
    da Wabbit
     
  16. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    You quite often hear comments like that when someone sees a coin like this one. But that was most likely done with a soft cotton cloth.
     
  17. Drusus

    Drusus Pecunia non olet

    not a chance...that was scrubbed with something much firmer than soft cotton, I have rubbed coins with soft cotton, it wont do that.
     
  18. kidromeo

    kidromeo I M LEGEND

    I double that...Its often appears like this after cleaning of the coin by brushes with soft metallic bristles....Although rough fabrics can too create stuff like this.
     
  19. diocletian

    diocletian Senior Member

    GDJMSP knows more about coins than I ever will. I know you can do this in an instant to a proof coin with a tee shirt but in this case I think it was more abrasive.
     
  20. Ardatirion

    Ardatirion Où est mon poisson

    I voted corrosion. Modern agricultural chemicals wreak havoc on ancient coins still in the ground.
     
  21. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    yeah finger prints, especialy on rainbow toned coins
     
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