1891 V Nickel at the beach

[time4me]

Got out to a central California beach yesterday morning and battled sleet and gale force winds to uncover this 119 year old nickel. It's the first time I ever found an old coin at the beach

Any suggestions on how to clean it? Can I use electrolysis on a nickel? I've used it on silver rings before with great success.

 

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[pepperj]

Nice hit

 

[nova]

Good find. I don't usually clean coins, no help there. Well at most a light rinsing is about it

 

[Sniffy]

Nice V nickle! I tried hydrogen peroxide on a V nickle like yours and had pretty good success.

 

[seger98]

Nice V nickle! I tried hydrogen peroxide on a V nickle like yours and had pretty good success.

This is what I use on mine, works great.

 

[Knightwalker]

Very nice nickel find. Keep searching.
HH in 2010

 

[Jobey1]

Thats awesome. Its not easy to find old coins at the beach.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice find, Jim Those storms must reall be washing out the years of burried coins. That one must have been hidding deep. How deep was it? Can't suggest any particular cleaning methods, but the ones I have found always seem to have that rusty look to them. I just wash with soap and water and leave them the way they are . I'm sure someone else will chime in and help you. Take care, Ron

 

[extractor]

awesome

 

[EpsilonMinus]

Wow, nice score, man!

 

[elusion]

I'd do a two part cleaning with this girl. First I'd dunk it in boiling peroxide to get the crusties off. Then when you get it relatively clean and its a nice rusty red color, dump it in some lime-away and keep checking on it. I've had a 1917 buffalo soak for 2 days in the lime away and it came out absolutely perfect. All the details come out and the red stuff is gone.

 

[Dman]

Nice nickel. I use olive oil.
Dman
Dman

 

[phantomfinder]

Very nice , WTG

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

Nice find congrats too ya