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Valued Member
United States
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a co-worker of mine had confronted me knowing I'm a collector, and had told me about myth buster's doing a special on coca-cola and how it was used to successfully clean a coin.
is this technique safe? I'm assuming not because of the amount of acids found within the coca-cola...
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I certainly would NEVER use coca-cola to clean one of my coins!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1360 Posts |
I have seen coins turn pink/orange/brown colours after being soaked in coca-cola. They also lose any of their lustre when they have been subjected to a long soak in coke.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Using Coca Cola to clean a coin will cause damage. It is acidic. No, no, no!!!!!Mike (ketchup produces the came result for the same reason)
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 United States
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Think about this, it DOES clean a coin but it DOES rip your lusture and originality of the coin. Therefore, yes it does clean your coin but no, not in a successful manner.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5953 Posts |
I have used Coca Cola in the laundry to clean grease off my coveralls but there is no way its getting near any of my coins. It cleans by eating away the surface of the coin.
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Moderator
 United States
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A wire wheel on a drill will successfully clean a coin, too.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1203 Posts |
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Originally posted by SuperDave
A wire wheel on a drill will successfully clean a coin, too.
Have to admit never using Coke to cleaning a coin, but the wire brush did come into play once on some coins found at the bottom of an abandoned well. Not to good of a job I might add. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4589 Posts |
hot sauce works well on copper ( as long as you Do not mine them being pink)..... Coke can clean the crust parts off of your car Battery terminals very well I might add
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ya know, put a raw steak in coke and the coke will cook the steak. Now if you want something that acidic on your coins, then by all means go for it. Your stomach can handle it because of the natural acid in its lining. But your coins...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I love that show! I did see that particular episode- it was kinda interesting because while they were soaking the cent in the Coke, a gas bubble got trapped under the coin. One side of the coin was copper colored again and the other was dark where the bubble had been when they fished the coin out. Of course you never got a real good look at the coin to see how it looked up close after the Coke bath. Can't imagine it was too pretty!  Rachel  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Based on the things I read about Coke, drinking it would not be at the top of my list (nor would cleaning a coin). It's corrosive properties are pretty amazingm though!
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United States
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I posted this long ago but here is a link to experiments done with different substances cleaning coins go to the link and on the left side of the page scroll down to cleaning then on the right side click on Tonys experiments. http://tomross.ancients.info/On this page you will find some great work, still in progress. These are the different methods that Tony Jaworski has been experimenting with, check them out. You will need Adobe Acrobat to few them. If you have any questions, send Tony an email. Calgon Coca-Cola Distilled Water Gringgotts Kaboom Lemon Juice Olive Oil Oxi-Clean Rubbing Alcohol TSP Duplex WD-40 Simple Green |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Don't think I'll ever see the logic of buying an old coin and trying to make it look new again.  They used to use Coca Cola to clean rust out of car radiators. Edited by longnine009
10/22/2006 08:25 am
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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Coke contains phosporic acid The acidity of our stomachs is pretty low and matches coke So drinking coke is putting the same acidity in which is nice when your stomach is upset The best way of cleaning a coin naturally is just swallow it The coin will come out clean  This is not a recommended method unless you are a circus performer though |
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Posted 10/21/2006 12:20 am
