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jasondeg Valued Member Canada 100 Posts	Posted 01/02/2008 2:01 pm Hi, I've tried dipping just circulated coins in vinegar and rubbing them gently whit baking soda then rinsing them in regular water and it seem to be doing the trick. but I don't know if I should or not do it to my good coins. I've heard so much that I shouldn't clean them. I'm confuse! Report this Post to the Staff
justabeginner Pillar of the Community Australia 1014 Posts	Posted 01/02/2008 5:49 pm I think its advisable not to clean the coins from circulation. I don't think they are needed and I used to do that although I have stopped now. Report this Post to the Staff
jasondeg Valued Member Canada 100 Posts	Posted 01/02/2008 6:08 pm thanks, that's what I thought. Report this Post to the Staff
justabeginner Pillar of the Community Australia 1014 Posts	Posted 01/02/2008 6:25 pm Yea cause from what I gather from the very kind people on here, you might scratch the surface and scrape the metal away or something like that, which depreciates the coin value, and I'm sure we all don't want that to happen do we? :P Report this Post to the Staff
t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 01/02/2008 9:24 pm Do not clean your coins. Once you think you know enough to clean them, you are still better off not cleaning them. When you think you are an expert and can do no wrong, and you have read the advice from members here on how to use acetone safely, then you could try dipping them in acetone. Even then, they might not look any better and you can get along fine without ever cleaning a coin. Do not clean your coins. Report this Post to the Staff
insideout Pillar of the Community United States 591 Posts	Posted 01/03/2008 12:08 am I have a roll of 44s that were not dipped but soaked in vineagar for like 2 days. Ruined them IMO I have almost thoguth of using them as change just so I don't have the reminder of my better half trying to suprise me with nice bright coins. Was not a good day at the house when I got back home lol. Report this Post to the Staff
justabeginner Pillar of the Community Australia 1014 Posts	Posted 01/03/2008 01:01 am Haha I would think vinegar is a bit too acidic, just a thad. :P Sorry for your lost anyway. Report this Post to the Staff
parkrat New Member Australia 17 Posts	Posted 01/09/2008 01:05 am Just thought I'd update on this thread... I decided that the electrolosis method left a lot to be desired, the results were completely random and resulted from removing all the verdigris to barely touching it, to coins looking almost no different to coins going yukky and shiny. So the majority of the coins are pretty much uncleaned other than being left in olive oil for a while and a general rub to get the dirt off. The story behind the coins? I live in a heritage listed house in a national park - in pre-decimal days, the house dwellers were responsible for collecting a penny from visitors to the park. A bucket sat beside a hedge and visitors would throw a penny in the bucket. Some coins didn't make the bucket, some ended up in the hedge and couldn't be retrieved. This hedge has since been removed and my children and I ran a metal detector over the hedge area and found over 80 lost coins. Mostly pennies, few halfpennies and a threepence bit. I have framed most of the coins with one lot now being kept in the information centre in the park with a little story about how they got there. Another lot are framed and are in the house - as far as I am concerned, they belong to the house and if we move, the coins will stay here with the house or be handed over to the park. The rest of the coins have gone up to Old Goverment House here in the park and are being used as part of a display. I will get photo's at some point of the end results. Thanks again for all your help. Report this Post to the Staff
Learjet Pillar of the Community Australia 655 Posts	Posted 01/09/2008 2:06 pm Very interesting. Thanks for the info! Report this Post to the Staff
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