Whats the best way to clean coins?

[Illinois Jeff]

I have heard many different ideas and opinions about cleaning coins. Baking soda, tumblers etc but I would appreciate hearing some more ideas and just refreshing my memory. Sitting at home injured and wanted to go through my coins and clean up the nasty ones.

 

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[gold fish]

I take all my junk-date wheats at the end of the year, tie 'em up in a sock and throw them in the wash with the jeans.

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Never, never sit around at home, with nothing to do,
and think about cleaning the coins you have.



have a good un......
SHERMANVILLE

 

[Illinois Jeff]

Wont do the washer, my wife killed the washer 3 times this year.

 

[Nuttdriver]

Wont do the washer, my wife killed the washer 3 times this year.

LOL!!
Save your money for a new detector.

 

[BuckleBoy]

For copper coins--peroxide method (my post is on the cleaning and preservation threads). Try the process on a wheat or two with the same color patina first to see what you can expect.

For nickels: Some advocate salt and vinegar method (also located on a post in the same spot) and some the Lime Away method. For me, the results of both have been a little uneven...but I'm leaning towards Lime Away if I even clean them at all. The ones that are badly corroded are really pitted after cleaning no matter what you do to them.

Silvers...a soak to loosen the dirt, then hard running water (with the drain plug in!) and a camel's hair make-up brush to coax the dirt off of them without scratching.


Regards,


Buckleboy

 

[billjustbill]

Divide your coins into silver clad and pennies. Clean each group separately.

Buy a 50lb bag of sandbox sand.
Borrow a Cement Mixer
Put coins into mixer, add sand, 5 gallons of water, and a cup of Cheer laundry Detergent.

Let it spin for 2hrs. Dump into hail screen stretched over one of those large plastic storage tubs.

Rinse the coins with fresh water.
Scatter coins on bed sheet so they don't touch and let dry.... Shiny coins pleases the bank tellers.

Bill ;>)

 

[sniffer]

I use the peroxide method learned from Buckleboy, it works very well, I put clad silver in my tumbler with a little water and comet, just don't use this method on valuable coins

 

[BuckleBoy]

For clad rather than "oldies" I use the tumbler too. For anything silver, or any copper coin that is an IH or older, I use the methods described above. Nickels I just haven't found a good method yet. And the wheats I just toothbrush them with water--unless they aren't readable in which case I peroxide.


Hope this helps,


Buckleboy

 

[Illinois Jeff]

Thanks everybody!

 

[sniffer]

mothers cream with a soft cloth will clean nickels

 

[DFX-SCOTT]

A CEMENT MIXER!!

HOW MANY COINS YOU GOT ,BILL JST BILL!

I NEVER TRYED IT BUT I CANT SEE PUTTING MY 1866 2-CENT AND OTHER OLD COINS IN THERE,
YOU PROBABLY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CLAD COINS.

I WOULD GLADLY STICK THEM IN THERE. I HAVE ABOUT $53.00 WORTH I FOUND THIS YEAR