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Dirty Coins?

Postby SilverDragon72 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:59 pm

I went through a box of pennies last night, hand sorting them and finding that some of them were a bit filthy. I know circulated coins are sometimes that way, but this box was kind of nasty! :|
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Re: Dirty Coins?

Postby Z00 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:28 pm

Sooooo, you want maybe the bank should wash them for you? :mrgreen:

There's a hotel that does this so the ladies dont get there white gloves stained. :shock:

Someone posted a link to a video on it in another thread.
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Re: Dirty Coins?

Postby SilverDragon72 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 8:16 pm

Z00 wrote:Sooooo, you want maybe the bank should wash them for you? :mrgreen:

There's a hotel that does this so the ladies dont get there white gloves stained. :shock:

Someone posted a link to a video on it in another thread.

Well of course the bank should wash them for me! Do they offer that service?? I can take it.... :lol:
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Re: Dirty Coins?

Postby fb101 » Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:09 pm

I've seen rolls and rolls that looked like they were all picked out of the gutter.
gotta get used to that
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Re: Dirty Coins?

Postby TwoAndAHalfCents » Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:30 am

A box of filthy cents with a decent copper percentage is still better than the boxes of shiny new 2011-D cents that I keep getting.
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Re: Dirty Coins?

Postby SilverDragon72 » Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:13 am

Another good point!
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Re: Dirty Coins?

Postby jasmatk » Sat Mar 10, 2012 3:15 pm

just be glade they were not sticky coins or sticky coins covered in hair.
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Re: Dirty Coins?

Postby penny pretty » Sun Mar 11, 2012 12:12 am

god. I have to buy a digital camera. I have found rolls that must have been in a fire. CHUNKS out of some so bad I had to put in trash! we need to have an ugly penny contest!
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Re: Dirty Coins?

Postby CopperHound » Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:35 pm

A lot of CWRs in my town are ppl rollin their change for cig money
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Re: Dirty Coins?

Postby CopperHound » Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:41 pm

BUT on the upside, last week I picked up 3 CWRs that were 100% copper
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Re: Dirty Coins?

Postby Z00 » Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:45 pm

pssssst...
Hey sport, wanna buy a feeelthy penny?
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Re: Dirty Coins?

Postby SilverDragon72 » Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:45 pm

Maybe I will start wearing Latex gloves when I deal with pennies....nah. Every penny has a story, where it's been (do we REALLY want to know?) How many times it has been spent, etc. So far haven't found any curly hairs during my searches! :)
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Re: Dirty Coins?

Postby Z00 » Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:03 pm

I want to start a coin tracking site like the "Where's George" that tracks dollar bills.
Any interest?
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Re: Dirty Coins?

Postby dannan14 » Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:09 pm

CopperHound wrote:BUT on the upside, last week I picked up 3 CWRs that were 100% copper


i had one roll last night that was marked "SAVE"... it was all copper and had 15-20 cents that were at least XF and a few that a case could be made for BU. Granted, unless i find some with errors or small dates they won't be worth much more than melt for another 50 years or so, but still it was a fun roll.
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Re: Dirty Coins?

Postby silverhedgehog » Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:05 pm

Sometimes I get a large amount of CWR's that are all corroded and crusty with minerals, but no dirt.
I keep thinking that they came from a fountain at a local mall or wishing well.
Next time I hit them I'll ask about dimes and quarters too.
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Re: Dirty Coins?

Postby penny pretty » Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:06 am

RE wheres george for coins? OK how about a VERY TINY stamp that anyone with a USB microscope could read. of course anything worth saving would be hoarded..
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Re: Dirty Coins?

Postby Z00 » Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:12 am

penny pretty wrote:RE wheres george for coins? OK how about a VERY TINY stamp that anyone with a USB microscope could read. of course anything worth saving would be hoarded..

Nope, a tamper evident sticker with a unique number on the coin and the web address. :D
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Re: Dirty Coins?

Postby JadeDragon » Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:59 pm

You should start a coin laundry.
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Re: Dirty Coins?

Postby SilverDragon72 » Fri Mar 16, 2012 4:59 pm

JadeDragon wrote:You should start a coin laundry.


Hey! Now that's a novel idea! Talk about a new way of "laundering your money" :lol: :lol: :lol:
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