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coin cleaning
- Thread starter dugaplug
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gilfordberry
New member
A lot of guys recommend soaking in olive oil, or even in water. My personal preference is to tumble my coins (pennies and clad separately) in a rock tumbler with aquarium gravel and a solution of CLR, white vinegar, and water. I have tried dozens of different formulae and thus far, this method has produced the best results for me. Bear in mind - I'm talking about clad coins with little collector value. A valuable coin should not be tumbled in most instances, only very gently soaked in oil or soapy water, then rinsed and dried.
High,
Your question is way too general.
Different metals need different techniques/solutions to clean them.
The best way to destroy an ancient coin of any value is to put it in a rock tumbler with aquarium gravel.
A real good piece of literatur on the subject:
Cleaning and preservation of coins and medals
ISBN 0-915262 -03 - 7
You might ask your local librarian, if he can
Your question is way too general.
Different metals need different techniques/solutions to clean them.
The best way to destroy an ancient coin of any value is to put it in a rock tumbler with aquarium gravel.
A real good piece of literatur on the subject:
Cleaning and preservation of coins and medals
ISBN 0-915262 -03 - 7
You might ask your local librarian, if he can
I assume your wanting to clean a lot of coins at once and your not using a rock tumbler.
Well; I preclean mine in a coffee can with soap and water and a lot of shaking, do that several times and it's a good start. At that point you should be able to presort out the goodies and then take the rest to coin star and let them deal with the dirty coins. A good magnifying glass is a must for sorting.
A fellow detecting buddy at work spends his 1/2 cleaned clad at work in the vending machines.
I can tell you from personal experience bank tellers don't like dirty coins.
For the past several years I tumble the crap out of my clad during the winter and roll them up, I'm pretty close to having a shoe box full of rolled clad. The box has gotten heavy I'm going to have to find something new to put it in.
When I look at all that clad it's hard to believe I bent down hundreds if not thousands of times to dig them up, and that theres that much money in the ground that we walk across each day.
Well; I preclean mine in a coffee can with soap and water and a lot of shaking, do that several times and it's a good start. At that point you should be able to presort out the goodies and then take the rest to coin star and let them deal with the dirty coins. A good magnifying glass is a must for sorting.
A fellow detecting buddy at work spends his 1/2 cleaned clad at work in the vending machines.
I can tell you from personal experience bank tellers don't like dirty coins.
For the past several years I tumble the crap out of my clad during the winter and roll them up, I'm pretty close to having a shoe box full of rolled clad. The box has gotten heavy I'm going to have to find something new to put it in.
When I look at all that clad it's hard to believe I bent down hundreds if not thousands of times to dig them up, and that theres that much money in the ground that we walk across each day.
KyleTheHunter
New member
As for clad coins....i would say a coin tumbler. But for old coins i would just wash in water with no soap or chemicals because cleaning old coins destoys the value. I am sure you are already aware of this.