E-Z-Est Cleaner - Is It Meant For Clad Coins?

Just do not use that stuff on any coins and no more problems.

Thanks for the words of wisdom, everyone!

When I dip coins, maybe I'll use two rinsing bowls.

I have dipped Ike dollars from mint sets that were very, yellowed. Halves, as well. I can't settle for the yellowed coins. Gotta dip!

I often do acetone, first, to get rid of PVC and dirt, etc.

In particular, nickel is not anywhere near as resistant to acid as metals like copper, silver or gold.

I would be surprised if this product is intended for use on cupronickel coins.

Thank you, All, for chiming in!

I realize that cleaning coins is a big taboo with many of you. I also realize that cleaning / dipping coins and expecting the Graders not to notice is fruitless. I wouldn't clean any coins that I would intend to send to Graders.

A coin shop owner told me that he used "Jewel Luster" on a silver Canadian coin for my collection. It turned out nice for my purposes. I searched for "Jewel Luster" and found only references towards E-Z-Est. Same thing?

That would help but it won't completely solve the problem. The problem with "rinsing bowls" is that the coin carries dip on it with dissolves into the first bowl, but when the coin is removed it still carries a diluted solution of dip on it. Even if you use a second bowl, when you remove the coin is STILL has a further diluted solution of dip on it. As the water evaporate the dip concentration left on the coin increases and will eventually cause damage. It would take longer with two rinse bowls than with one but it will still happen. You need to do a final FLOWING rinse where the water is poured over the coins and flushes the diluted dip solution away. (Do two flowing rinses with a repositioning of the coin between rinses to make sure dip isn't trapped around whatever you are using to hold the coin while rinsing.) Remember when using dip RINSE RINSE RINSE!

Frankly I would forgo the rinsing bowls completely and substitute two flowing rinses for each of them. This makes a total of at least six flowing rinses.

I also like a final flowing rinse with pure acetone to act as a drying agent to remove the water rather than trying to dry the water off or letting the water air dry. The flowing acetone will dissolve the water and carry most of it off, the last traces will be widely dispersed in the acetone still on the coin and will be carried off with the acetone as it evaporates over the next few seconds. (Which is MUCH faster than it would dry if you just left the water alone.)

As a side note on clad coins you can try MS 70 as well depending on what you're trying to get off. That works very well on clad