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[JT10]

I found two dirty Roosies and a terribly corroded Merc in a dime roll. Several of the clad coins were pretty dirty as well. It was hard for me to even spot the Merc. Can someone give me advice on trying to clean them up?

 

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[fistfulladirt]

Please do not clean coins!
Unless you know for a fact that they are not valuble.
Otherwise, a cheap rock tumbler works great for dirty clad.
Common silver rosies can be shined up using baking soda between the fingers, gently rubbing the coin.

 

[Piledriver]

How can you devalue corroded Roosevelt dimes by cleaning them?

Am I missing something here? The examples shone will never have any numismatic value.

So why not clean them?

Keep on Rollin' !

 

[fistfulladirt]

How can you devalue corroded Roosevelt dimes by cleaning them?

Am I missing something here? The examples shone will never have any numismatic value.

So why not clean them?

Keep on Rollin' !

Well, for one thing, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[quiksilver]

Dont bother wasting good time to clean dirty coins.

 

[fistfulladirt]

Dont bother wasting good time to clean dirty coins.

I found out the hard way, jamming an expensive coin counter with $80 worth of dirty dug clad. Do not try that.

 

[Generic_Lad]

The Merc might be a candidate for electrolysis. The roosies I'd use baking soda as previously suggested. While I'm not one to clean coins, I'd try to get the gunk off of that Merc, I think I'd prefer it nice, white and shiny to being encrusted.