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huckles888 Valued Member Australia 146 Posts	Posted 04/13/2012 9:54 pm excellent advice EnigmaticMindx - even though I only have small collection of coins (main interest banknotes) I only handle them by their rim and never put my fingers on the face/back of them - as to "cleaning" have from time to time used a very clean glasses cleaning cloth to give coins a "soft" rub but never use any type of chemical when doing so Report this Post to the Staff
dave700x Rest in Peace United States 10625 Posts	Posted 04/13/2012 10:12 pm All my coins are handled with a pair of custom tweesers a friend of mine designed an built a mold for about ten years ago. They're made out of talc filled polpropylene I think. The living hinges have held up all this time. Edited by dave700x 04/13/2012 10:12 pm Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 04/13/2012 11:27 pm "Keep yer dirty paws off me coins!" In reality, it is only the coins that are in top condition where finger prints are a major problem. A reaction takes place between the fatty acids that make up the natural oil on the surface of your skin and the clean surface of new metal on the coin. Almost impossible to remove. At least you will be able to track down the guy who stole them! Some years ago, I worked for a car dealership, and a car was stolen by a druggie, who was eventually arrested. His dabs were found all over it, as shown up by the woofle dust. When we got the car back from the police, an apprentice wrote in the dust: "It was me, I did it!" Report this Post to the Staff
ghostrider Pillar of the Community United States 1116 Posts	Posted 04/14/2012 01:42 am I stopped in my local coin shop and ended up in a discussion with him about cleaning coins. He said that Acetone works well but that you (me) could end up ruining a coin. "It's best left to the professionals who know what they're doing and that he has done it a couple time to "freshen" up a coin." Then he made reference to a coin that I had just bought from him (either a silver round or a silver eagle) that I had just bought. I couldn't figure out which. Seeing that I had just purchased some coins from him, the above quote really didn't sit to well with me. As I was thinking about all the other coins that I had purchased from him. So I think that I'm behind the . On another forum they call it giving a coin a bath. Report this Post to the Staff
BuffaloNuts Valued Member United States 57 Posts	Posted 04/18/2012 02:34 am When I was a kid in the early 80's I got my first blue whitman coin album. a few years ago I cleaned them out. every silver dime had a brown grubby kid-print, usually of my thumb cause I had to push so hard... kind reenforced why I wear cotton gloves... Report this Post to the Staff
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