Coin cleaning

[playdan1]

Is there one, easy way to clean clad grouped together or do they need to be separated by metal type? I googled the subject and found plenty of ways to clean them, but they are all different and seem to apply to certain metal types only. Thank you all in advance!

 

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[mick56]

If you are using a tumbler, do pennies separately. Nickels, dimes, quarters and halfs can be tumbled together.
I've never done it, but it sounds like the other coins will take on a pinkish hue from the cents, if tumbled together.

 

[playdan1]

If you are using a tumbler, do pennies separately. Nickels, dimes, quarters and halfs can be tumbled together.
I've never done it, but it sounds like the other coins will take on a pinkish hue from the cents, if tumbled together.

No, i'm not using a tumbler. I suppose I could get one if need be. I just want to find an easier way of cleaning clad so it is easier to re-circulate. Banks won't take most of them and i've found most cashiers won't take them either unless they seem like they don't really care about the position they hold where they work. And machines, forget it.

 

[suprdave]

i use a little sand gravel and dawn soap with a little water and find yourself an irregular shaped plastic bottle stick an electric drill to get it to spin slow and it will clean your coins very well . hope this helps and by the i sure like your avatar. suprdave

 

[mick56]

You will need to buy or build a tumbler to clean any amount of coins. Here's one I used for a few years till I found a used Lortone at a garage sale.

 

[lookindown]

I just wash mine with water. My bank runs them through the machine with a smile and nice attitude. Half of my coins are black, they are discolored but not dirty.

 

[playdan1]

i use a little sand gravel and dawn soap with a little water and find yourself an irregular shaped plastic bottle stick an electric drill to get it to spin slow and it will clean your coins very well . hope this helps and by the i sure like your avatar. suprdave

LOL thanks, I didn't have much of a selection of unique avvys

 

[playdan1]

So basically it all boils down to motion. Either tumbling or spinning, albeit slowly? I can't just stick them in a tupperware container with hydrogen peroxide and let them sit overnight, right?

 

[RvaDiggn]

Just a quick question for those who tumble coins, When you find a lets say clad dime that is red from being in the ground, does tumbling them bring back their luster so you can spend them? Lot of the foreigner store owners around here will not take my dug money, lol I guess they thing its fake.

 

[Connecticut Sam]

Don't clean old coins that are worth more the face value.

 

[rockhound]

True,don't clean copper pennies before 1982, or any silver or gold. You can clean clad coins with a mixture of vinegar and baking soda. Make a paste out of it and use a soft toothbrush. Good luck. rockhound