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There's a small, independentally owned bank in town. I was driving by there today and decided to stop and see if I could get some rolls . Picked up $100 worth of nickels, quarters, and halves. Nothing spectacular in the nickels or quarters but hit a jackpot on one roll of halves.
3 1964
5 1965
2 1966
2 1967
All of them have some type of rust looking crust on them, covering anywhere from 1/4 to 1/2 of the coin. Anything I can do to clean this stuff off without doing harm?
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United States
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try soaking them in olive oil,that will usually take off a lot of the dirt.
madspec
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Madspec.
Is that a schipperke I see you with in that picture ? Also Mathman unless you need them to fill a hole in you album I would just save them for silver melt.
Bruce.
Edited by BRUCE 1947
03/24/2007 11:30 am
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Actually, I figured these would make good coins to experiment/practice on in regards to getting crud off a coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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Mathman. I have had a Jefferson nickel sitting in olive oil since Jan of this year with no change yet. You could try pure acetone it should clean off must crude from silver that is if you are going to use them as silver melt. Bruce. |
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Great idea for the experimenting. As long as none of the coins are valuable, try several things to clean them. Just remember cleaning them will really make them worthless. Now try some things like Acetone which can be purchased at Walmart, Kmart, Ace hardware, etc. However, there are lots of other things to try and you may have them right there. For example baking soda in water and just slightly rub with your finger tips. Soak in Vinegar or Lemon Juice or Lime Juice. Someone actually made a web site on how to clean coins called PennyCollector.com Almost anything in your house could be used to clean coings. Jewlry cleaners such as Tarn-X work great. Certain dish soaps work well also. The main thing is to try as many things yourself and see what happens. Then report to this web site. Waiting for your story. |
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BRUCE 1947
Yes she is. Her name is Ebony Pride and she is 3 1/2 years old and loves to sit on my lap while I work on my coins.
madspec
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That is what I thought they are great dog and a good companion.
Bruce.
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Some time ago I got lucky and purchased several rolls of 40% silver halves at face value from a bank. The coins appeared to be uncirculated but most of them had really nasty greenish corrosion over much of the surface. I prepared a dilute citric acid solution in distilled water, warmed up the solution in the microwave, and carefully slid the coins in. The corrosion disappeared rapidly and within 5 minutes or so the coins regained much of their BU luster. I rinsed them thoroughly in fresh distilled water and they have looked fine ever since.
I used citric acid but likely you could get similar results with another mild acid like vinegar (acetic acid) or lemon juice. Just make sure you rinse well afterwards.
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Report:
I put three in olive oil and three in Dawn dishwashing soap.
The three in olive oil lost about half the crud/dirt.
The three in Dawn are bright and shiny, no sign of the crud.
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The olive oil worked real well on some wheats I had that were all crudded up.
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Everything I collect circulated I keep circulated. Some of the coins that I've received have been so ridiculous I've kept just for the story and memory. However if I were you, I wouldn't worry about cleaning them at this point. I'd just worry about going back and getting some more half dollar rolls. Great find.
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Nice finds. Since I am assuming they are just worht silver, experiment and try around with diiferent things. Good luck!  Phoenix  |
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I went through 23 rolls of halves yesterday found only 3 40% silver they have 7 more rolls I did not get, will get them Monday.
Bruce.
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Congrats on the find! I have a question about the halves in rolls and especially the ocassional silver one. I notice that a LOT of them have a black mark on Kennedy's cheek - it's like a line aboout 1/2 inch long. I see it on a lot of Kennedys. I guess it must be on the high part of the coin - just funny you don't see it on Ikes, etc. Is there an easy way (non-acetone) way to get rid of that?  I guess I could experiment too - it's not like I'll have to sell the car if I mess up.... |
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When you used Dawn dish soap was it 100% dawn or did you dilute it a bit with some water? What type of mixture was it, 50% Dawn/50% water? Does it have to be distilled water or would tap work?
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Posted 03/24/2007 11:28 am
