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rosco
Penny Collector Member
USA
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 Posted - 04/03/2010 : 17:26:04
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I'm finding lots of corroded cents in CWRs I want to stop the corrosion an the roll coins for storage What works best.
These were rolled after storage in a Ice chest an some are solid green.
Thanks to all
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styropyro
Penny Sorter Member
USA
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Posted - 04/03/2010 : 17:48:03
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| When I get corroded pennies, I just toss them in a separate container. If they are just plain nasty, I dump them with the zincs. |
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bman
Penny Collector Member
USA
425 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2010 : 18:43:01
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| are they wheaties or just copper cents? if just copper cents I'd throw 'em back and save better ones. |
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 04/03/2010 : 21:12:11
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| I also send them back and they really needs to be bad before I do that. |
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cuppoor
Penny Sorter Member
USA
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Posted - 04/03/2010 : 23:33:25
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| Rosco, Huh? You're not making a lot of sense. Spend the uglies or work them into your dumps. |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 04/03/2010 : 23:40:09
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| Give them to the bums in your area. |
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rosco
Penny Collector Member
USA
254 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2010 : 00:53:57
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In search of old posts I see that a soak in WD40 can clean! I have about 350 an trying to finish my fourth box. My sorts have mostly been under 20% so I want to keep them. |
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dp2007
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 04/04/2010 : 07:50:29
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Nothing wrong with keeping them. Store them separate from other copper.
If the ice chest had some moisture in it when you closed the lid that would account for the corrsion on your stored ones. The ice chest is air tight and wont allow the moisture to escape so it gets on the coins.
It's best to store coins where they are allowed to breath so to speak.
In my opinion a tumbler is an invaluable tool for CRH's and metal detectorists. A cheap one can be found at an arts and crafts store for about $30. When you get a hand full of dirty cents throw them in the tumbler for an hour and they come out clean. |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 04/04/2010 : 09:56:12
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Rosco... think about this before you take on a long time-consuming endeavor to clean the 350 corroded cents that you have. I know you become possessive once you've sorted them... they become "mine"... but at twenty percent find rate you only need to search less than one box to replace them. How long does that take? Compared to how long it will take to clean them (and will it even do a good job?) You do the math, but I think you'd be much better off just getting rid of them and finding replacements. IMHO  Maybe clean the wheaties, though  |
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Common Cents
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 04/04/2010 : 10:44:59
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| I keep a little plastic container filled with water next to my sink. When I come across a badly corroded coin, I'll toss it in the container to let it soak. After a few days I use a small wire brush and some abrasive powder cleanser like Ajax to scour the corrosion off. Seems to do the trick pretty well. For mildly corroded coins I don't bother with this process. I store my pennies in a dry place and keep them in sealed plastic bottles, so I don't think they'll be very likely to develop any corrosion. |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2010 : 11:09:51
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Originally posted by beauanderos
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Originally posted by thogey
Give them to the bums in your area.
I don't think he lives near you, Eric 
Lol HaHahaha,
Touche! |
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rosco
Penny Collector Member
USA
254 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2010 : 16:37:07
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The Ice chest was reported by the Teller an bank that I picked up from as the rolls were marked with teller stamp. She said the coins we given to teller who rolled an sold to bank. This was my highest percent copper an its actually about $6.00 bucks worth.
I have a tumbler available an will try water an some soap , Thanks all
Yes I'm tight an do feel I own the coins now.
PS plenty of BUMs but don't think they would take Pennys Too much trouble |
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Edited by - rosco on 04/04/2010 16:40:11 |
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dp2007
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 04/05/2010 : 13:12:27
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rosco,
try adding an abrasive to the tumbler such as aquarium gravel. I guess small pebbles would do the same. |
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JJM
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 04/05/2010 : 17:08:14
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| I don't understand people's preoccupation w/ "dirty" cents. Dirty or clean, they're all worth the same. And lets face it, as far as coppers go, they're all pretty much dirty. Some are just *much* more so than others... |
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