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Cleaning Your Finds
Best way to clean old coins? Pre decimals.
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<blockquote data-quote="Pete_The_Prospector" data-source="post: 602" data-attributes="member: 48"><p>For cleaning silvers I've tried that many different ways I've lost count. There's the lemon juice or sticking the coin in half a lemon, CLR, spit and alfoil, even made a electrolisis device out of the missus' old phone charger, she was not happy that day!!! The main thing is to not leave it in any of these methods for to long or it will pitt the coin, and after cleaning it have some bi-carb on hand to make a paste and rub the coin with that to de-activate the acidic action of the cleaning ways mentioned. But if it is a coin of any value, dont clean it as it will de-value it. As for cleaning copper coins, if there's a way I'de love to know myself, electrolisis in a salt mixture works but the coins pit easy and turn orange.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pete_The_Prospector, post: 602, member: 48"] For cleaning silvers I've tried that many different ways I've lost count. There's the lemon juice or sticking the coin in half a lemon, CLR, spit and alfoil, even made a electrolisis device out of the missus' old phone charger, she was not happy that day!!! The main thing is to not leave it in any of these methods for to long or it will pitt the coin, and after cleaning it have some bi-carb on hand to make a paste and rub the coin with that to de-activate the acidic action of the cleaning ways mentioned. But if it is a coin of any value, dont clean it as it will de-value it. As for cleaning copper coins, if there's a way I'de love to know myself, electrolisis in a salt mixture works but the coins pit easy and turn orange. [/QUOTE]
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