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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!

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

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

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

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

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

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....

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

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.

Another good point!

just be glade they were not sticky coins or sticky coins covered in hair.

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!

A lot of CWRs in my town are ppl rollin their change for cig money

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

pssssst...
Hey sport, wanna buy a feeelthy penny?

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!

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

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.

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.

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..

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.

You should start a coin laundry.

JadeDragon wrote:You should start a coin laundry.

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