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Gene Stonerly

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Jan 5, 2009, 1:11:54 PM1/5/09
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I'm a chef and I want to cook coins.Some coins are looking delicious.

Do you have any recipes???

Jim Menning

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Jan 5, 2009, 1:27:51 PM1/5/09
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"Gene Stonerly" <stolen...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I'm a chef and I want to cook coins.Some coins are looking delicious.
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> Do you have any recipes???

My coin recipe for unnatural toning: Put the new zinc cents and the golden dollars
directly on a hot burner. Wonderful colors appear. Just don't leave them on too
long, they will char and turn black.


Jon Purkey

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Jan 5, 2009, 3:24:41 PM1/5/09
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There are quite a few coin toning recipes here:

http://www.coinsite.com/content/origcoindoc/p0000080.htm

Yet, people will pay a premium for colorfully toned coins.


Duh_OZ

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Jan 6, 2009, 9:07:33 AM1/6/09
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On Jan 5, 2:24 pm, Jon Purkey <room321_em...@verizon.net> wrote:
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> There are quite a few coin toning recipes here:
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> http://www.coinsite.com/content/origcoindoc/p0000080.htm
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> Yet, people will pay a premium for colorfully toned coins.
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One of my neighbor's claims someone he knows uses method #1 (cigar
smoke) to tone coins so they sell for a higher price on eBay. Not
sure if he has them slabbed or not.

Bruce Remick

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Jan 6, 2009, 9:29:12 AM1/6/09
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"Duh_OZ" <ozzy....@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I tried that years ago. I placed a shiny Kennedy half in a pickle jar,
carefully released a mouthful of cigar smoke into the jar, and screwed the
lid on. I left it alone for about six months, but when I checked on the
half I saw no difference at all. It did smell somewhat better though after
I dug it out from among all those pickles.


Jerry Dennis

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Jan 6, 2009, 9:56:48 PM1/6/09
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On Jan 5, 1:11�pm, Gene Stonerly <stolen_ene...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm a chef and I want to cook coins.Some coins are looking delicious.
>
> Do you have any recipes???

Yes, a great one! Mix your favorite pancake batter, and ladle onto a
hot, greased griddle. Place a Morgan in the middle of the batter.
Continuing grilling as usual, flipping the pancake as necessary.

Voila, Silver Dollar Pancakes!

Jerry

Dr. Richard L. Hall

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Jan 7, 2009, 6:41:40 PM1/7/09
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"Duh_OZ" <ozzy....@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Cigar and cigarette smoke are mentioned as a way to tone large cents in the
book PennyWhimsey by William Shelton. I tried it a cople of times and it
made a couple of ugly cents look a little better.


--
Richard
http://coins.richlh.com/MyCoinLinks.htm
http://www.richlh.com
Don't lament that the rose bush has thorns. Rejoice that the thornbush has
roses. [Ancient Egyptian Saying]


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