Help cleaning what I believe is an old cent...

[DFX-SE Gregg]

Ok it is the same size as a cent but I think it is old. It is covered with a more solid dirt and has a green covering like the few real old wheat cents i have found. It seems to be the exact size. I know photo is bad, but what is the simplest way to try to clean without destroying it. It already has some rim dings

 

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[cryptodave]

If you would have found it with an Explorer....

Shove it in a regular potato for a day or three. The starch eats the gunk off. Just keep tabs on it... and rotate the spot where the coin is in the potato every day for maximum starch penetration.

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

If you would have found it with an Explorer....

Shove it in a regular potato for a day or three. The starch eats the gunk off. Just keep tabs on it... and rotate the spot where the coin is in the potato every day for maximum starch penetration.

You bad cryptodave.

 

[borninok]

I've tried Cryptodave's method on several occasions.....and each time...great results.

Just don't do something stupid like I did..........I forgot how many I had put into the potato...finished with the potato, threw the potato down the sink, turned the garbage disposal on..............CRACK, CLACK, CRACK, CLACK!..........Oh sh**....
Well, it had quite a few rim dings in it after that! Totally destroyed it.
--Mel

borninok

 

[DFX-SE Gregg]

Thanks will do


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If you would have found it with an Explorer....

Shove it in a regular potato for a day or three. The starch eats the gunk off. Just keep tabs on it... and rotate the spot where the coin is in the potato every day for maximum starch penetration.


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[DFX-SE Gregg]

Hey that would not be good! I have not been finding a lot of old coins, but I am planning an assault on the forest preserves this fall!

I've tried Cryptodave's method on several occasions.....and each time...great results.

Just don't do something stupid like I did..........I forgot how many I had put into the potato...finished with the potato, threw the potato down the sink, turned the garbage disposal on..............CRACK, CLACK, CRACK, CLACK!..........Oh sh**....
Well, it had quite a few rim dings in it after that! Totally destroyed it.
--Mel

borninok