Should you clean round 50s

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Should you clean round 50s

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  1. StewyD32

    StewyD32 Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    This has been covered once or twice a long time ago but thought it might be good to have a poll on this.
    What are peoples preferences when it comes to round 50s.

    Is it worth it based on resale (i.e easier to sell cleaner items Vs not clean)

    Is it not worth it as buyers don't care, and not worth the time and effort cleaning them for such a low premium item.
     
    StewyD32, Apr 17, 2017
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    Extremely cheap and easy to clean ( YouTube video on how to do this with hot water, bicarbonate soda and cloudy ammonia). Wouldn't really affect the price unless they were really disgusting, but paying a couple of dollars to have really shiny round 50's is definitely worth it. A lot of fun if you have a lot of them in a shiny pile :)
     
    Silver_Dealar, Apr 17, 2017
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    aussiesilver Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    And you don't need bicarb. Into the plastic ice cream container with some cloudy ammonia from coles for $1.40 then swish around,then into a nice warm soapy bath. These coins were hardly circulated so many are almost unc
     
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    Bicarb isn't necessary, but it adds a nice shine at the end if your run the coin and some bicarb between your fingers. The small particle size gets into all the tiny rivets.
     
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    kilo Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    They look NICE when they're shiny and 99% are of no collectable value so why not clean em up.
    Having said that, when buying them I don't really care if they are shinny or filthy dirty.
     
    kilo, Apr 17, 2017
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    I clean all 50s and non- decimal except for stuff I get in flips or albums. I get them checked, sell any non-bullion and clean the rest.
     
    GF, Apr 17, 2017
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    Just chuck em onto a peice of aluminium foil in a bath of Hot salty water.
     
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    Ok... so its pretty unanimous about cleaning the 50s.
    Thought there may have been more people for not doing anything to them.

    Anyway good to know and have all mine cleaned now. :)
     
    StewyD32, Apr 18, 2017
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    they can be, i sold an ultra high grade one for $750 before. Rare in ms66 or higher
     
    serial, Apr 18, 2017
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    kilo and dollars like this.
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    kilo Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Yep that's the 1% I left out :D

    .....to be fair it was a lot higher % before the last BOOM phhffffz
     
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    kilo, Apr 18, 2017
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    Aren't some average commemorative 50 cents coins worth more than round 50cents?
     
    Ipv6Ready, Apr 18, 2017
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