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thehalex New Member United Kingdom 10 Posts	Posted 09/22/2018 2:19 pm Hi all, been collecting coins for years, mostly just ones in my change. but my grandfather left me a load of coins and ive been enjoying learning more about them. I have tonnes of old pennies, half pennies, doubles etc... and other old coins, but a lot of them are in pretty poor condition. they dont have any damage to them, but they are badly coloured, and in some cases coroded. do any of you more experienced collectors have any tips or tricks for cleaning them up? I dont want to just dip them in an acid or something because knowing my luck ill either melt the whole thing, or blow my living room up. thanks in advance Report this Post to the Staff

T-BOP Rest in Peace United States 18456 Posts	Posted 09/22/2018 2:44 pm To CCF , well one thing for sure DO NOT clean your coins . The corroded ones are most likely gone . Discolored coins can be environmental damage or stained . Only experienced people can properly conserve a coin . Have fun with your grandfathers coins . Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188001 Posts	Posted 09/23/2018 12:26 am to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 09/23/2018 03:26 am To the Forum. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 09/23/2018 10:31 am General rule that is always stressed with newbies is don't clean your coins. This is done because until you have some experience evaluating a coin and deciding if foreign material can be removed and how it can be done safely without doing damage to the coin, it is way too easy to just jump in and do things that are inappropriate that end up doing further damage to the coin instead of protecting them. The topic of PROPER cleaning/curating is involved and complex, and no one thing works for all coins in all cases. So each coin has to be evaluated separately. Most newbies want to just jump right in and do SOMETHING to them, and it is MUCH easier to damage a coin than improve it. That is why we always start with that big DON'T!. I hope that was gentle enough. Edited by Conder101 09/23/2018 10:32 am Report this Post to the Staff
basebal21 Bedrock of the Community 13014 Posts	Posted 09/23/2018 11:16 am Quote: do any of you more experienced collectors have any tips or tricks for cleaning them up? My conservation rule is that if you have to ask you shouldn't be the one doing it. Not trying to be a jerk by any means but it's pretty much how it is. Experimenting on cheap pocket change is how a lot of people learned what works with what Report this Post to the Staff
Lionel90 Valued Member United States 392 Posts	Posted 09/24/2018 6:18 pm My suggestion is buy the book that gives you some idea of rarity or price and start sorting your coins. Set aside the best ones in the best condition. Put the lesser value ones aside for later Put the damaged ones aside separately. Post some pictures on the forum and get some opinions on your good ones and bad ones. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 09/25/2018 07:55 am As a start and if available there, get some distilled water and some Acetone. Usually Acetone is available at places that sell paints. Look up using the Search tab here for things like coin cleaning, cleaning coins, Acetone or other similar subjects. Have fun and don't mess up what may be a valuable coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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