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Just purchased a large group of Notgeld coins both in German and French oddly enough. Some of these exhibit a bit of crud and corrosion, not all rust. Acetone will get rid of the gunk I'm sure, but any suggestions on removing and preserving these would be helpful. Sorry can't post pic now, on phone and am clueless how to do that. Can do later this evening when I get home from the hospital. Thanks! Hey! Fingered out how to load up some pic of these, gives an idea.   Edited by Crazyb0
06/06/2018 12:37 pm
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when I get home from the hospital. Working there or getting a tune-up?  Wondering if anyone has used CLR on something like those coins? John1  |
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Thanks for asking. Wife had a pretty bad stroke this time, will be long road of recovery. So my time is taken up with this and probably will be. May be posting a lot less too.
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Thanks for asking. Wife had a pretty bad stroke this time, will be long road of recovery. So my time is taken up with this and probably will be. May be posting a lot less too. Very sorry about your wife ...I hope She get better soon . |
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Oh my gosh, Crazyb0, I'm so sorry to hear about your wife. Wishing the best for her and you.
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06/06/2018 1:57 pm
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Best wishes sent your wifes' way. Feel better soon. John1 |
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 We all wish her a full recovery. |
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Give your wife a  from all of us, get well soon. |
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Sorry to hear about your wife, I'll be praying for her. We understand if you don't post as often.
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Best wishes sent to both of you. I hope your wife get better soon .
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Hey Butch , sorry to here about your wife's stroke . Hang in there ,I know you have your own physical problems .
As far as those coins go ,I wouldn't use anything other than liquid soap and distilled water .
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I have attempted to clean steel and zinc coins.
Zinc unfortunately is pretty hopeless. Zinc corrodes fairly easily, and the white stuff is the result. Also unfortunately it bonds quite strongly to the surface, so about all you can do is make it a little more presentable by scraping off the quite stuff with something that will not scratch the zinc.
With Steel, as an experiment I have dipped coins in rust remover, which actually does remove all the rust eventually, but left too long will give the coin an unnatural clean surface. In the case of very thick layers, it will reveal the pitting underneath. So you should scrape off what rust you can.
I would not do anything drastic like this unless the item is badly corroded so that you can't make it worse.
For superficial layers of rust, a very careful and gentle use of a cotton swab will improve the appearance.
I would be very careful with water, as water itself will cause more corrosion. So after a short use of water, dry thoroughly perhaps by warming, before putting it in a holder.
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Sorry to hear that. Hope your wife gets better soon.
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Best of wishes for you and your wife Sir.
Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 |
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I'm kind of curious myself about your question. I've been slowly putting together a Euro set. (A set of coins from each country)
The 1, 2 and 5 Euros are copper plated steel. I think if you look at one of them wrong it starts to rust. I must say they are worse quality coins than our Zincolns.
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