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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DJsMom, post: 1462049, member: 33222&quot;]<b>I Cleaned an 1847 Hawaii Cent......</b></p><p><br /></p><p>.....with Tide laundry detergent!&nbsp; I had an almost complete Hawaii coin set with the 1847 cent, 1883 dime, quarter, half &amp; silver dollar....only missing the nickel.&nbsp; Needed some money so decided to sell the coins on eBay.&nbsp; The coins were in a Capital case so I was removing them one at a time to take pictures (outside in sunlight) for the auction.&nbsp; While I was taking the pics of the cent, the UPS guy showed up.&nbsp; I absentmindedly stuck the cent in my jeans pocket....and promptly forgot about it.&nbsp; Jeans went in the laundry basket, got washed and dried.&nbsp; A few days later I finally got back to doing some eBay auctions and discovered I was missing the 1847 cent.....eeeeeks!&nbsp; It took me a while to remember what happened and sure enough the cent was still in the now laundered jeans.&nbsp; Nice and clean and pretty, but totally stripped of over 150 year old patina.&nbsp; Talk about a bonehead move..........Terri[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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