Cleaning dirty coins - Page 2

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

Dont loose any sleep over it. Its not really worth more then a dollar. No silver content in that year to make it worth more.

I know. Was more of sentimental purposes being the year of my birth. Figured what would be the odds of finding something like that?

Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper

I know. Was more of sentimental purposes being the year of my birth. Figured what would be the odds of finding something like that?

Cant put a value on sentimental. Well you will find it im sure it will be in the last place you look

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

Didn't really notice a difference with a whitening toothpaste, lol seemed like any old kind would work. Works really well for tarnished coins. I've heard before about the Tabasco and some other kind of sauce. That seems to work well also,,,

What I mean is the customers really started bidding like crazy every time I'd throw a coin on there to sell,sometimes the bidding would just go nuts.

When it looks good onEbay it sells good on Ebay

I'm a bit amazed you still use dollar bills. We got rid of the pound note years ago. I couldn't imagine carrying a wallet full of singles!

Wayne, been there done that, would rather have a wallet full of $1 bills than a pocket full of pound coins, 2 and 5 pound coins even 5 pound notes, when i was there were not very popular, so when you buy something that costs 50P with a tenner you get 9.50 in coins, what a pain, love my dollar bills.

Originally Posted by brandon

Wayne, been there done that, would rather have a wallet full of $1 bills than a pocket full of pound coins, 2 and 5 pound coins even 5 pound notes, when i was there were not very popular, so when you buy something that costs 50P with a tenner you get 9.50 in coins, what a pain, love my dollar bills.

2 pound coins aren't especially popular over here, and 5 pound coins are for decoration only really, although you can spend them. 5 pound notes are popular, it's just that they are not really loaded into ATM's, so there aren't enough of them in circulation.

Yep, not much changes

SO do you guys in the UK come across the old silver coins like we do in the states? i was just curious is all.

in the UK as in many other countries once a coin or note type is replaced, it is no longer legal tender, i believe the last time the uk changed was in the 70s so any money made before the change is no longer legal tender and you will not see it in circulation. you will find silver and even gold (souverns) in the coin shops, or in collector sets.

We don't have silver coins in general circulation, so you never get them in change or from a bank. When coins are changed for different sized versions you have a time frame to get the old coins paid into the bank otherwise they become worthless, but with notes they retain their value for ever. You can normally pay old versions of notes into your bank, but if you have any trouble (and I never have) you can physically take all the loot you found under grannies mattress to the public counter at the Bank of England in London and they will swap them then and there for new style notes.