Cleaning coins

[doyboy]

Thanks, men and women, for your kind answers.

 

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[JerV3]

Boiled peroxide then toothpicked.

Then a light coat or heavy of mother billet polish

Then a soak in olive oil for a few days or longer

HH Jer

 

[goldencoin]

...ive had good luck with salt and vinigar, ask ray-king......

HH
-GC

 

[Colonial Zoyboy]

I think battery acid would do wonders on that colonial copper, doyster. HeHeHeHe

 

[doyboy]

Why, Zoyboy, you want me to ruin the coin? A little jealous? HeHeHaGahGah

 

[j.d. in the usa]

if its a colonial copper dont clean it at all!! rub it on aluminum foil it brings out all the details and the coin is not cleaned.

 

[bazinga]

I think battery acid would do wonders on that colonial copper, doyster. HeHeHeHe

Haha, I would say the same thing if one of my hunting buds found one!

I soak them in olive oil and clean with a toothbrush and sometimes use a rock tumbler. I threw a nasty red shield nickel in earlier this week and it actually brought a readable date out of it, so who knows.

 

[Sandman]

If the coins aren't key dates, vinigar and salt works well sometimes. Magic Tumble Clean also does a good job. Mainly I just take them to Coin Star at a super mart. It saves rolling all those things.

Sandman

 

[realmhunter]

Soap and water with a soft toothbrush but only if its not a key date...RH

 

[knapper]

i guess my wire wheel on my grinder is not cool