Now if you were asking $300 for an $0.11 coin, I could understand it.
Yeah, but did you realize that Old McDonald was a terrible speller...
That's some good stuff you are smokin'.
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I think the "defacing" of money comes with the intent to defraud, therefore cutout currency and currency with holes are not meant to defraud, so...
Someone asked why you vent here, but you wouldn't if you didn't know that everyone here (well, maybe a few exceptions : - ))is supportive of you....
Bwa ha ha ha ha.
Yoda is being sarcastic.
Look to be modern Japanese coins, interesting and fun, but not worth much. Think of the 100 yen as a $1 coin.
But, but, but, it was found in a grandfather clock...
Offhand, I would try 3-4 hours
You can always soak a second time, but you can never take back the first soak. (Actually it's very easy, almost beyond easy, to stand the coins...
Sigh...you are going to run up against the cleaning police. Mostly they are right, but there are exceptions and you have to use common sense...
Liquid nitrogen is fun, but be careful. I have seen people dip a graham cracker in LN2 (liquid nitrogen) and then put it in their mouth...smoke...
I think you find this a lot in countries where they have a black market in US currency and they can exchange dollars for more than the legal...
I mentioned the freeze/thaw technique and was advised that it could crack some coins. A variation on this would be to chill the coins with dry...
90%, not bad as long as you aren't a doctor.
I was under the impression that gold coins and gold-backed notes were demonetized.
In a similar vein, are all non-gold US coins still "spendable"? If I wanted to use an indian-head cent or shield nickel, is that legal? One time...
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