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Valued Member
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Is baking soda something I could use to clean coins
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Moderator
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Valued Member
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It's a Andrew Johnson dollar coin what can I use for it
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I can tell you many things to use but I'm a hardliner coin collector so I will only say don't use anything but distilled water and maybe a Q-tip or toothpick for that dollar coin . As far as coins in general Do not clean coins .  |
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Valued Member
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What's a hardliner coin collector and thanks for the advice
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pure acetone can remove most PVC and glue residue, along with most organic crud. Soak only, and gently rinse with clean water. No abrasive rubbing or brushing.
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What's a hardliner coin collector and thanks for the advice He only cleans coins when he knows exactly what he's doing . And he never sugar coats any coin that doesn't deserve it .  |
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Valued Member
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If you really have to, I would just rinse with hot water and gently scrub with a washcloth.
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Do not use a washcloth or q-tip or microfiber cloth on a coin...just don't. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Basically when you clean any coin you are removing something that may actually be part of the coins material. Doing so you could actually make a coin cleaner but also smaller. Cleaning in some instances is OK as long as no original material is lost and that is what happens in most instances.
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Pillar of the Community
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Snobro110- Why are you giving poor advice?
Dk NOT scrub it with a washcloth.
You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Pillar of the Community
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Leave the cleaning to the experts .
If I am not mistaken a business strike presidential
dollar is only spending money ?
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If it has sentimental value, leave it alone. If not, spend it.
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Is this about the specific Presidential dollar you posted in another thread? I'm with jdub if it is, if it has some sentimental value to keep it but not clean it. If you like the coin but if that particular one is not of sentimental value to you, you can buy a much nicer uncirculated or mint state example for very low cost (just dont buy the very top graded ones) as cleaning it would not restore its worn areas. You can spend the poor quality example or feel free to use it for experimenting with cleaning, but many coins upon cleaning wrongly will be identified as cleaned if they were submitted to a grading service, and not worth anything more than face value. Perhaps its possible to clean some things without causing this problem, but to the novice its probably best avoided so that they wont kill any potential value by cleaning them unknowingly. Edited by datadragon
08/17/2022 3:54 pm
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