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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 25693103, member: 68"]The $5 coin is salvageable. The $10 coin will look a little better after a soak and the growth of the spot will stop but I doubt you can remove it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite their low mintages coins such as these are now being destroyed in large numbers (percentages of mintage) because there are so few buyers. While the $10 coin above is probably the result of poor quality (a contaminant inside the holder) most of the FM coins are all of stunning quality and usually good artistry. </p><p><br /></p><p>They have everything they need to be valuable coins except for collectors. In time this will likely change and your writing may be the cause. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm sending this stuff (not the rare ones) in for melting because I don't want to leave the task for my heirs. It's a crying shame.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 25693103, member: 68"]The $5 coin is salvageable. The $10 coin will look a little better after a soak and the growth of the spot will stop but I doubt you can remove it. Despite their low mintages coins such as these are now being destroyed in large numbers (percentages of mintage) because there are so few buyers. While the $10 coin above is probably the result of poor quality (a contaminant inside the holder) most of the FM coins are all of stunning quality and usually good artistry. They have everything they need to be valuable coins except for collectors. In time this will likely change and your writing may be the cause. I'm sending this stuff (not the rare ones) in for melting because I don't want to leave the task for my heirs. It's a crying shame.[/QUOTE]
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