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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3086443, member: 27832"]This seller just started piecing out what looks like a fairly extensive dime collection:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/coins-us-Mercury-Dimes-KEY-1921-and-1921-D/232775704656" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/coins-us-Mercury-Dimes-KEY-1921-and-1921-D/232775704656" rel="nofollow">coins us Mercury Dimes. KEY 1921 and 1921-D</a></p><p><br /></p><p>He's listed a full set of Roosies, most of the Mercs, a number of Barbers, and even a couple of Seated Liberty.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of them are pictured in Harco Coinmaster plastic strips. Those strips were made with very bad PVC, and most of the coins are showing blue-green "Coinmaster algae" deposits. That's copper and silver that's been dissolved out of the coins by acid from the plastic, never to return.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't especially collect old albums, and I'm perfectly willing to sell them off to people who do -- but I don't think I could bring myself to sell any of the old Coinmaster albums I've received, just because I'm afraid someone might <i>put coins in them</i> again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3086443, member: 27832"]This seller just started piecing out what looks like a fairly extensive dime collection: [URL='https://www.ebay.com/itm/coins-us-Mercury-Dimes-KEY-1921-and-1921-D/232775704656']coins us Mercury Dimes. KEY 1921 and 1921-D[/URL] He's listed a full set of Roosies, most of the Mercs, a number of Barbers, and even a couple of Seated Liberty. All of them are pictured in Harco Coinmaster plastic strips. Those strips were made with very bad PVC, and most of the coins are showing blue-green "Coinmaster algae" deposits. That's copper and silver that's been dissolved out of the coins by acid from the plastic, never to return. I don't especially collect old albums, and I'm perfectly willing to sell them off to people who do -- but I don't think I could bring myself to sell any of the old Coinmaster albums I've received, just because I'm afraid someone might [I]put coins in them[/I] again.[/QUOTE]
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