I like Cleaned Coins and you should to thread

I'll let Doug handle this one...

 

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I also noticed many older coins have been cleaned, some dipped while other harshly cleaned. Like this coin, it has similar whiz marks as a coin I have:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1853-US-QUA...79?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item3cb393ffb7

I would agree that it is hard to find an older coin that hasn't been cleaned. Some are more obvious than others. Some that are dipped are sometimes not even detected since they may have retoned I think.

 

Congrats! After you die the next person to get your coins will have a bunch of junk with no numismatic value.

 

THE answer, but let me add - If you want to sanitize coins without hurting their value, you could 1) soak them in water for a day or so to loosen up any crud. This can be done in bulk using kitchenware. The water need not be distilled, but if not, you should follow with a distilled rinse. 2) Soak for a day in store-bought rubbing alcohol (not scented or any weird stuff) then rinse and let them dry - posskibly spread out on a towel and blotted with another towel - no rubbing. I don't think this would harm anything and would take the cooties off.

 

As a person who loves to metal detect, I couldn't agree more! When you yank something out of the ground, and you know it's not normal, you get excited! And who wants to wait and see what it is until you get home....WE Rub the HECK out of those coins until we see what the date or actual coin is! Doesn't really matter to most, unless your an actual coin collector as well, like myself. If you like collecting coins, and getting a free collection, go buy a metal detector and learn! HAHA

 

One option of course to keep the cooties away is keep the coin in a mylan flip or air-tight. You can of course wipe down the containers down with a little alcohol on something. Of course there are cases when a coin is just gross because it came from a customer wrapped role full of things like hair and pieces of tissue. Those you can put them in alcohol for about a minute and rinse them with distilled water than blot and air dray with a cloth towel. I sold a roll of wheat pennies at a show and they said doing this is ok.

 

Yes, if there is booger on the coin I would definitely soak it in alcohol for a little while then rinse with distilled water. That should get rid of boogers. As I mentioned I have found a piece of tissue in a customer wrapped roll along with numerous hairs, they always go for a swim in alcohol and distilled water and dealers at a coin show said this is ok. I don't always do this since it is an effort, I sooner just wash my hands afterward and not bother doing anything.

 

Speaking of comments by ASLPride, I got a metal detector and took it to the beach. It went off and I started to dig. I picked up something and wondered what it was. After smashing it with a rock, I confirmed my suspicions about what it was, it was a turd. It was a city too so I hope a homeless person didn't dig a hole and take a dump on the beach. It might have been a cat.

 

I think I need to clean this.

Whats the recomendations

 

because it has some green verdis on it or something on the obverse.

 

Come on, proof-read these things. Mylar flip, Roll (not role), Dry (I know, typo). Sorry but these things bug and take away from the legitimacy of your post.

BTW, my post was to get rid of the cooties, not to keep them away. After coins have been de-cootied, putting the nicer ones in flips of 2X2's is of course the answer, but for the bulk, rolled or not, they should probably go into sealed containers (rubbermaid or whatever) and into a cool, dry place.

 

You can always take the option of not reading the post.

I am not going to proofread every post like it is a essay or report for a college or something. I am not up on types of plastics and do use the wrong form of a word or have a typo occasionally.

Like you said, you need to proofread these things. Flips of 2x2's? Is the 2x2 in the possession of a flip or do you mean "flips or 2x2s? If your going to make a criticism about something it might have more credibility if you don't do the same thing in the very post where you make the criticism.

 

Well!!! I never...actually I deserved that. I knew half way through that I would probably make a mistake (or should that be misteak). I have to appreciate the irony of your post. Sorry.

 

Grammar tyrants

 

is that Kelly Grammar?

 

Is it silver or brass?

 

Verdegris occurs only on copper containing materials as far as I know. In silver we would call it tarnish.