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Valued Member
United States
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What are safe ways to clean a dirty / caked on coin you dont want losing value? I assume soaking would be only option as any rubbing is bad.
Can you soak it in anything other than water and not lose value? Is acetone a nono? Denatured alcohol?
For coins you just want to clean and shine, not worried about value, what is best way to shine them?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8005 Posts |
Suggest using the 'search' function found on this page (upper portion). There've been many topics and discussions concerning coin cleaning--from methods to sharp philosophical debate.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Acetone is one of the best things to use. Also, Distilled water. If of no concern of value, then get some of that Jewelry Cleaner from Walmart. Of course remember it not only gets dirt off, but some of the metal tooooooooooo. just carl
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If you just want to clean and shine silver coins with no value then a couple of dips in E-zee est Silver cleaner . As far as cleaning all coins don't use anything accept Acetone . 
In Memory of Butch L.
and Jim U. rest in peace .
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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What are safe ways to clean a dirty 
A cultivated person is a citizen of the world*
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Valued Member
United States
60 Posts |
Thanks, I will do a search. Sorry, that was pretty lazy of me.
As for pictures, I dont have anything in particular, but wanted to shine up my normal Lincoln's for the coin books.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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but wanted to shine up my normal Lincoln's for the coin books. That's a no-no . If your putting Lincolns in folders your not supposed to shine them up .   
In Memory of Butch L.
and Jim U. rest in peace .
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree to use Ez-est, although only use it on silver coins. Once copper has tarnished, there is no good way to make the coins look brand new again. The only thing to do is buy a better condition coin.
Acetone is good to remove a residue or organic material from the surface of a coin. It will not hurt the metal.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There is no consensus on the definitions of cleaning, restoring or conserving. Each coin must be treated individually. I enjoy the process but it takes time to learn.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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There is no consensus on the definitions of cleaning, restoring or conserving. Each coin must be treated individually. I enjoy the process but it takes time to learn.
Nice results ! 
A cultivated person is a citizen of the world*
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1290 Posts |
About 10 years ago I was going through a period of low income, and wanted to expand my understanding of coins and collecting. Fortunately, my local dealer (greatest guy in the world) was so busy with higher end coins that he just couldn't deal with cheap foreign coins. So he just dumped them into buckets and sold them for 10 cents apiece. From those buckets, I've put together a type collection of world coins of almost 2500 examples for less than $250. My financial situation improved, and I don't mind spending much more for a coin, but I learned how to spot an improperly cleaned coin. And many of my properly conserved Morgans have been acceptable to the TPG without notation on the label. Here are a couple more of my ten cent learning pieces.      |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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srsly, @Chute72; you need to teach us your techniques.
that is some fine alchemy on those corroded specimens.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes , not bad at all .
In Memory of Butch L.
and Jim U. rest in peace .
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