Did you start to clean some of the shillings or did you get them nice and shiney like that?
If silver is silver then why not pre decimal??
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Ghost Story
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kool stack 
i use a rock tumbler to clean them just throw them in with some liquid soap and some fish tank rocks and let them spin come out like shinny new
i use a rock tumbler to clean them just throw them in with some liquid soap and some fish tank rocks and let them spin come out like shinny new I decided to make a wooden treasure chest and fill it with shiney silver and set myself a task of cleaning at least 10 coins a day, soaking in cloudy ammonia and then cleaning with a toothbrush loaded with sodium bicarb.
The ones on the bottom right(ish) were 925 so they got extra love. Then I started on the shiney shillings. You can see how far I got! Your back starts to ache and your thumbs go black with tarnish.
I bought a shot cleaner at a market for $10. You fill it with steel shot and some coins and it vibrates. I put some cloudy ammonia in and it sort of worked, so I put some sodium bicard in as well. It makes a sort of concrete and takes ages to clean off the coins.
It is just as easy to use the manual method.
I had to put it away because of all the mess and noise but when I get a chance I will have another go.
The ones on the bottom right(ish) were 925 so they got extra love. Then I started on the shiney shillings. You can see how far I got! Your back starts to ache and your thumbs go black with tarnish.
I bought a shot cleaner at a market for $10. You fill it with steel shot and some coins and it vibrates. I put some cloudy ammonia in and it sort of worked, so I put some sodium bicard in as well. It makes a sort of concrete and takes ages to clean off the coins.
It is just as easy to use the manual method.
I had to put it away because of all the mess and noise but when I get a chance I will have another go.
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http://gemcuts.com.au/category63_1.htm
this is the one i use hr or 2 and its done can do a big handful of coins at a time http://gemcuts.com.au/prod838.htm
this is the one i use hr or 2 and its done can do a big handful of coins at a time http://gemcuts.com.au/prod838.htm
Sargeant Argent
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I'm pretty excited about junk silver I told my dad about stacking and it turns out my grandma left him a couple of cookie tins (maybe 10 kilos) of junk silver in it. It turns out she'd been saving all the silver coins she came across. I don't think most of them have seen the light for about 40 years. Its mostly Canadian and american does anyone know key dates I should be on the look out for. Thanks.
My dads coming out this summer with them and I'm gonna have a look at them and try to figure out what he's actually got.
My dads coming out this summer with them and I'm gonna have a look at them and try to figure out what he's actually got.
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kool good stash to search through, sorry i cant help with your coins over there but grade is important always a good way to get a rough idea of value is completed listings on eBay, sure some peeps from your side can help more than me but at worst its worth silver content from what i understand US silver is 90% 40% and 35% hope you got the 90's
bound to be some in there with numi value/
have fun looking.
all i found in the shed was a big tin of big old Aussie pennies and no rare ones best maybe 10 bucks
bound to be some in there with numi value/
have fun looking.
all i found in the shed was a big tin of big old Aussie pennies and no rare ones best maybe 10 bucks