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best not to clean these?   |
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It wouldn't be worth the effort,it's not a high dollar coin. You could practice cleaning on some other coins in the same condition. But you do know that as a general rule you don't clean coins. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would never do this :) ...but you could use warm water to get off any surface dirt/oil etc. But as stated above...its a general rule not to clean coins it ruins the value.
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Rest in Peace
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United States
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numismo, I feel your pain. I found a 2000 WAM in worse shape than the badly pitted cent in your photo once. I looked at for a few moments. Scratched my head once, stroked the beard twice and threw it back like an undersized fish. |
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Thx Guys, I generally dont clean but I read this on Chuck's site and never tried it. Also acetone was mentioned too but never tried it. I was mainly concerned with placind dirty coins in 2x2s and thinking they would continue to corrode and damage with grime on them .
"If you have a coin with caked grime you can immerse the coin in pure mineral oil (available at drug stores) to remove the grime. Be patient, the mineral oil bath could take as much as a month to take effect "
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01/31/2012 04:27 am
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Canada
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I've used electrolysis with a little salt added to the water to clean really badly encrusted coins before to bring out the details or to remove really bad grime. Once you see the black stuff coming from it you can gently take a camel hair brush and wipe it in one direction while rinsing it with water. But like stated above, and as you know, you shouldn't clean them. If you were to try this method, I would take a coin of no value that is encrusted, rusted or whatever and give it a try. It really does work and doesn't scratch the surface unless you use an abrasive like baking soda. Nice find by the way Coppertop.  |
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United States
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I've used electrolysis with a little salt added to the water to clean really badly encrusted coins before to bring out the details or to remove really bad grime Is that the battery,vinegar,salt trick that turns dimes into copper etc :) , never tried that. But have used salt n vinegar for very green ugly copper ones. Thanks btw, this is turning into an obsession. |
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Canada
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If you real wanted to...you could attempt some Verdicare on the coin to help conserve it a bit. Other then that I would not do much else to it.
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Hmm, well it uses about 4 /6 inches of copper pipe which is used for the anode and connects to the positive battery terminal which is under water and the negative terminal is soldered to the top out of the water which connects to an alligator clip and connects to the coin which is suspended in the solution. I would imagine if you had enough juice running through it you probably could turn a dime into copper but if I ever have to clean something it stays in the solution for 5 min tops and I never use over 6v of current. I coverted a L-ion battery charger for my camera into the power source that will provide the current. :) I've never tried the salt and vinegar but it sounds like it would work on the copper oxide deposits on copper coins.
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