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After years of avoidance I have decided to bite the bullet, pick up my copy of bobo and get cracking.
Under the review section there was a conversation about grip balms and the subject of violin rosin being good for coin work came up.
After purchasing said item I am at a loss to whether I got the correct stuff or not.
It is a hard resin almost with the same look and feel of a lollipop (Jolly rancher to Americans) which when the edge of a coin is rubbed on turns to a fine powder.
I have applied it several times to coins (half dollars) and does work but the resin needs to be re-applied all the time.
Is this correct? Anyone familiar with the use of this stuff?

I've never used it with coins before but know it well from my fiddle playing days.

What you've got does sound like rosin, it's a hard, brittle pine resin. Looks a little bit like Amber.

That's the stuff

Well at least the music shop didn't see me as a complete sucker and sold me some old tat they couldnt get rid of.

I bought the same thing.. rub the edges of the coin on the resin.. use a knife first to take of the top layer..

that'll work.. its very sticky and does help.. but I find it just a little messy and if it gets on your fingers they need a good scrub. It does help the classic palm though, Im sure someone told me that David Roth swears by it.

I re-score the milled edge of half dollars and dollars. You end up with little burs all round the coin. Makes classicing much easier, and no stickiness or re-applying.

Should the resin put onto the coin be in the form of a powder? I am currently applying it as a poweder by scratching the coin over the rosin .

The rosin will powder when you run the coin over it, this is what happens to a fiddle bow. I can't think of any other way it can be applied to a coin.

Excellent

thanks for the help

You're doing it right greedoniz - just rub the coin against the rosin.

David Roth sell "Roth's Rosin" for £10 a go, but it's exactly the same stuff.

£10????!!!!!!

Some AB rosin shouldn't cost more than a couple of pounds and will last you a very long time.

£10 a go!?

I got mine for a quid from a traditional instruments shop. Mind you I did nearly buy a banjo/guitar hybrid for £250.

saxmad wrote:You're doing it right greedoniz - just rub the coin against the rosin.

David Roth sell "Roth's Rosin" for £10 a go, but it's exactly the same stuff.

Does anyone want to buy some "beeno's rosin" - only £9.99.
Cheaper than the magnetic handed man's rosin.

I was thinking about marketing Lady of Mystery's Black Viper Rosin, only £25 a go and it looks so cool and street.

You should give greedos lucky nugget rosin a try. Unfortunately they cannot be bought from me therefore are rare finds.
The last pot went for $150 on ebay. extreme coin manipulators go crazy for them