Think This'll Help With My Cruddy Coin?

Kinda makes you wanna

I thought everyone has those. I keep my bottle right next to my bench grinder.

Wire brush? See, I prefer to be more cautious and trim away the muck with an angle grinder.

What a terrible set no pick to get those spots around the lettering, no buffer, no grindstone, mp even a finishing polish lol

Ok, a newbie asking a question. I understand the feedback here on cleaning, but I find the name of the device interesting and it gets back to a question that kind of got lost a few weeks back.

While everyone probably saw Nic to stand for Nickel, I first read 'nicotine' in the name and was reminded of a number of coins I've seen from heavy smoking houses that were coated with years of nicotine.

The question for y'all would you like these gunked up coins in your collection or would you choose to perform some 'cleaning' to get the years of real gunk off what could be some beautiful coins?

Thanks,
Terry McManus

That Nicotine is actually the tars from cigarett, pipe and cigar smoke. Not easy to get off but Acetone does a little good. I've tried some on coins found on the floor of a bar and it worked OK. Nothing fantastic, but OK.
You said what COULD be some beautiful coins. Tuff choice since if they are that bad that the stuff on them is called GUNK. If a coin is not worth a lot of expendatures on solvents to remove any GUNK, I would think you would first attempt to find out just how valuable a coin is. You could end up spending money on dagerous, flamable or even toxic chemicals in an attempt to salvage a coin worth a few dollars or less. And in many instances, people end up ruining a coin with excessive cleanings.