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Do You Clean Your Raw Coins Before Storing Them?

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 Posted 06/14/2009  11:21 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SsuperDdave to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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It's less of a problem to the coins than the Brass gun bore cleaning wire brush I used to use.


I used to use a welding brush, but that got to be too much of a chore, so I switched to my drill and a wire wheel. It's all much easier now.
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I switched to my drill and a wire wheel


Ouch, and yikes!
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 Posted 06/15/2009  02:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add latman100 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You just have to be careful not to catch the end of your fingers. Otherwise you get lovely coloured coins...
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My seven year-old grandson knows I'm into coins and one day he explained how he and his mates had this neat way of cleaning any old copper one and Two Cents they might find.

In his words... "We just put them in a jam jar, ruinate on them, and in a week they're back looking like new!".

Ah kids... don'cha sometimes just wish you were still one?

And looked up ruinate in the dictionary and got this: 'ruinate' pronounced ruin-ate. A sure-fire way of ruin-ing anything remotely good.

In case you're wondering, his name is Connor and he wears a cheeky grin. Just be sure not to leave him or his mates alone anywhere near your "dirty old" coins.









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Hey.....if Conners method works.........

How much would he charge to do a whole batch of about 100 greasy/dirty/oily War Nickels !! ..
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How much would he charge to do a whole batch of about 100 greasy/dirty/oily War Nickels ! ..


Just the plane fare
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I give any oily modern silver coins (Franklins, Walkers, Mercuries, and Roosevelts) an acetone bath before putting them in an album or coin tubes. So far I have left my 19th century circulated silver exactly like I received them.
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Actually, I consider that there are two stages of "cleaning", one gentle non-altering one I call "conserving" (from ancient coin terminology) and "cleaning".
Conserving consists of removing surface gunk that obscures details (it's actually not uncommon to find older coins with a layer of dirt/dust/nicotine cemented on)and then the oils from handling. I fail to see how leaving a coin crusted with gunk is somehow going to increase it's value.
"Cleaning", on the other hand, actually alters the physical surface of the coin (dipping, polish, whizzing, etc) and does alter the value of the coin-and rightly so.
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