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Posted 04/27/2012 9:56 pm
The 2 eurocent coin is made of copper-plated steel. The copper layer is extremely thin and any attempt to polish or clean it by physical or chemical means will likely remove or puncture the copper, exposing the steel core to whatever it is you're using to clean it with, which will in most circumstances cause severe corrosion.
I think the only way you could reliably and stably make it "look like new" is to replate it with copper, just like some people make fake uncirculated American 1943 steel cents by replating them with zinc. If you want to experiment with doing that, just google "copper plating steel". But you'd probably need a whole bunch of 2 eurocent coins to experiment with.
I think the only way you could reliably and stably make it "look like new" is to replate it with copper, just like some people make fake uncirculated American 1943 steel cents by replating them with zinc. If you want to experiment with doing that, just google "copper plating steel". But you'd probably need a whole bunch of 2 eurocent coins to experiment with.
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