Best way to clean old coin. One Cent dated 179?

[Jonny Boy]

Found another Big One cent coin. The first one was dated 1838 and cleaned it with product called "Coin Care", worked pretty good. But now I found another Big One Cent and using "Coin Care", but still can't see the date quite clear. I saw the face was different than the 1838. Looked it up on the internet and found based on the face, coin was minted between 1793 to 1799. I now can see 179_.

Does anybody have any ideas on how I can clean this 179? coin, can't make out the last number.

Found these coins in my back yard, at about 5-6 inch depth.

 

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[Ocean7]

ONLY applies to COPPER coins NOT SILVER!
well you can use straight baking soda and a tooth brush. You will either reveal date as I have with some Large Coppers or you may remove all traces of what is there. It depends on how corroded the coin actually is. Now if you are real patient, you can soak in pure olive oil for several years and keep checking every so often (3 months) to see if you now have the date visible. The fact is sometimes the date is destroyed by so many years in the dirt combined with water and minerals in soil. Sometimes no matter what you do - you just cannot see what has been totally destroyed by the elements of time.
Straight baking soda and a tooth brush - wet tooth brush, place a small pile of baking soda on a dish, dab wet tooth brush in soda, scrub coin to remove green patina, rinse and repeat, and keep scrubbing until you see the impression of actual coin and hopefully date - and then STOP! Otherwise, you will risk removing all detail on extremely corroded coins.

 

[Jonny Boy]

Thank so much for the information.

 

[Ocean7]

Thank so much for the information.

you're welcome. This coin was cleaned with baking soda. You could not see what it was nor date. Now you can see 1807 Draped Bust! I wanted to know what the hell I had. *L*

 

[collision]

The first rule to coin collecting is you do not clean coins period. Cleaning a coin reduces its value or makes it worthless as a collectible. Vinegar is an acid and will eat the coin and salt is harsh and will scratch the coin as well as eat into it much like sea water does. Best bet leave the coin alone. As for value it can be found in a coin dealers wheat cent box for .05 cents. You clean it will not be worth that.

 

[huntsman53]

You can send it to me and I will clean it and if the Date can be identified, I will be sure to let you know what it is!


Frank

 

[Scrappy]

Dangerous!

Clean with caution...

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