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Valued Member
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I know you're not suppose to clean coins, but was wondering if there is a liquid that you can soak a silver nickle in to make it look like new?
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Pillar of the Community
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Don't... it will likely destroy the numismatic value. We like them with honest signs of age. Not spiffed up fake.
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United States
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I'll second that emotion. Leave it alone. The complex alloy in silver nickels cannot be easily improved. Best Regards,  George |
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United States
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Don't mess with War Nickels. I know they look lousy when circulated but I believe there's nothing that can be done about it. just hold onto them as is, for their 35% silver. |
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Valued Member
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I took some comet and a wet dish towel got a little cleaner as a coin 60 years in circulation it couldn't do much more wear.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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After 60 years of circulation what's tens of thousands of more scratches and an odd unnatural color going to hurt.
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comet and a dish towel? Might want to try a dremel and a mixture of sand and liquid lava soap.   |
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United States
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Comet and a dish towel?...  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You cannot make a circulated coin "look like new" and collectors do not even want such coins as it's a sure bet it's been cleaned. We HATE cleaned coins!
Cleaning with Comet did nothing more than completely remove all collector value from the coin. That's a VERY abrasive cleaner. If you want your coins to "look like new" then buy a pristine mint state coin.
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If you want your coins to "look like new" then buy a pristine mint state coin. This. Truth.  Do not clean your coins. You will lose both time and value. |
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Pillar of the Community
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you should have just used my favorite coin cleaning products; sand paper and steel wool
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Valued Member
United States
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comet and a paper towel is like telling your wife she looks fat in that dress, don't do it.
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Valued Member
United States
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Collectors are way to fussy I bought a 1976 Eisenhower proof coin for only a dollar over the price of silver this year I thought when it comes it would be really scratched up it seems to only have two small marks. I prefer coins that look nice who cares what they grade as long as you never sell it does not really matter.
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I prefer coins that look nice who cares what they grade as long as you never sell it does not really matter. What about future collectors? We are but curators for the collectors of the future. So I completely disagree, it DOES matter. |
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