Sir Sisu Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 I have a "Junk Jar" where I put all my doubles (for future sales/trades/giveaways/etc), and normally they are in decent to bad shape. I have allowed the occasional sewer coin to join them. However, I have recently gone through a box of Russian/Soviet coins. While many of them are decent there were a lot that were corroded, covered in glue/gunk, extremely scratched, etc. What do you folks do with such unwanted coins? As they are no longer in use and thus I cannot simply spend them, I feel like it would be a numismatic sin just to toss them in the recycling bin for metal. However, these are modern coins (1960+) that have minimal value (with perhaps the exception of unc grades). These are not the kinds of pieces that one offers for trades. I set aside the decent circulated coins for trades and such, but I just do not want to hold on to 20 coins of the same date and denomination that are in s''t shape. What do/would you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 Probably give them to my kids since I couldn't spend them. But, my kids are a bit older than your kids. Otherwise, I would probably just end up with them in some kind of junk jar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 Leave them for tips in restaurants. Seriously, I do leave world coins with the tip money sometimes just to amuse the wait staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBobo Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Use them to brush up on your cleaning skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 the laughing coin ranch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Coins like that i generally just bin. I offer them away free to anyone who wants them, if no one claims them then they are destroyed. Simply put i really don't like badly damaged coins of any era. Modern ones less so. If the coin has verdigris then that goes straight in the bin because i really can't abide verdigris, when it comes to that stuff i hate it more than any amount of brasso-ed coins or dipped/polished coins. Verdigris is the devil itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan769 Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Like Unclebobo said, play around with em using different cleaning agents, like ketchup on some old copper cents and such... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joesmom Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 I keep a bowl of coins that have seen some tough times here on my desk. Joe always has kids coming in & out of the house, and often times I'm here at my desk. So when they pop in here to see what I'm doing or to ask for a snack I let them go though and pick out a couple to keep if they wish. There are 1 or 2 kids that I think I may have gotten hooked already Robin "Creating new collectors...1 short person at a time" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Send them to the oven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted July 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 I am posting a small sampling of what I am referring to. For example, I have somewhere between 50-70 of the 1992 1 rouble (shown), with about 20 that are like this. That means I have in the range of 50 decent circulated coins to save for trades and giveaways. Somehow, I cannot imagine anyone wanting these. Or am I just too finicky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 ouch, yes, those are icky.... local church or neighborhood committee organizing a flee market, donate the coins to them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 I give mine away in my fully advertised "Junk coin" contests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabone Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 So Sir Sisu- What have you decided? What are the fates of these little round disks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted July 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 So Sir Sisu-What have you decided? What are the fates of these little round disks? Not really sure yet. I was sort of hoping for someone to volunteer. Perhaps with some, I will try what some have suggested, fool around with cleaning agents for the sake of experimentation. (Hmmmm....I am going to the cabin next week. I wonder what 30 minutes in an outdoor grill/campfire and then a dip in a cool lake would do to a coin?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Hum? I am suprised over the 50 ruble coin, was that made out of iron...? O_O I just couldn't remember... I would probably be more than happy to experiment cleaning solvents on them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Tabasco does miracles on coppers and bronzes etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Sisu i'm sure you've got some worse than that, infact i know you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted July 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Sisu i'm sure you've got some worse than that, infact i know you have. Speak not of such evil! Nonetheless, despite their depravity they have more eye appeal than these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 I also send them to Art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 I always put my abused and damaged coins out to rest at the Laughing Coin Ranch. There's quite a small grouping of coins from all over the world. They are a great example for everyone in that as damaged and abused as they are, they just get along perfectly together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACANTHUS Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Go to a really well known detecting spot and sprinkle them around like crumbs for the birds Then sit back and watch the fun as the detectorists wonder how a russian coin got to there spot Also detectorists keep any old stuff so they would be really happy with that stuff Or donate them to charity for sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 the laughing coin ranch? Absolutely. I have a nice friendly home for those corroded, cut, drilled, bent, worn beyond recognition, marvels. They live in a nice leather satchel in a felt bag. It's quite a nice place and they have lots fo friends to keep them company. I must confess that I have at least a few "undamaged" coins at the ranch -- a Churchill crown and a well circulated Ike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Those would go into my tumbler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiffibunny Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 That reminds me. I should have a new shipment for the Laughing Coin Ranch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corina Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Send them to me I'll give them a nice home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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