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Cleaning up the keepers ?

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srf2112

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Sorry if this has already been answered a lot but how do you go about getting the good, old coins and jewelry clean. I'm starting to get a good collection of wheats, old silvers and such that I'd like to get cleaned up without ruining. Some of the wheats have a buildup like concrete on them. Byond rinsing with water, what can be done to get these cleaned up without lessening their value. Thanks.
HH
Scott
 
You can be pretty rough with the wheats unless you have some rare dates Scott, I use a nylon denture brush brush. Common wheats sell for three to five cents each so you can't devalue them too much. The silver coins can be cleaned with soap and water and your fingers, no brushing these, they scratch very easy. Jewelry cleans up pretty good with soap, water and a toothbrush and if you want them showroom clean, a bath in an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner works well.
 
Thank you for that Larry. I realize the wheats are usually not of much value but I have several that I can't read the date on due to the buildup. Time to clean my coins.
HH
Scott
 
Scott,

In my opinion, a five oz. small jar of MOTHER'S polish works wonders on silver coins. its kinda like a paste and you will be impressed on how good it shines up those silver coins. :thumbup: CCH.
 
If you want the silver shinny, that is fine, but keep in mind that collectible coins that has been polished, or what we call "whizzed" will lose 1/2 to all of it's collectible value.

So sad was the day I saw a prime silver collection sold by the widow of a collector. He collected coins all his life and when he died, his wife had to sell them. She knew they were worth a lot of money because she knew what he spent to buy some of them. She wanted them to look as nice as she could get them, after all they were kind of dull and some had colors of purple, red and green as in a rainbow around the coins. When she was done polishing the coins, she could see her reflection, as in a mirror. The best offer she could get was melt value and some dealers said they did not want them at all.
 
Ohhh ---------- Great point. Thanks for the good advice Larry. Never thought about it that way so I definitely won't "whiz on any collectible coins" from this point on.... Like I have some to polish anyway. :confused: LOL. thanks again and I definitely understand. CCH
 
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