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What is the best way to clean coins?
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I've found a load of old pennies in my loft and they're looking rather forlorn.
What is the best way to clean them up?
Is there a wondrous solution that I can soak them in or can anyone recommend a good polish to which I have to add "elbow grease", please?
What is the best way to clean them up?
Is there a wondrous solution that I can soak them in or can anyone recommend a good polish to which I have to add "elbow grease", please?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.If ... repeat IF ... they turn out to be not valuable and you really do want them shiny, then soaking in vinegar or brown sauce for a couple of hours should bring them up.
But I repeat what Vagrant says - get them valued first. I'm in touch with a fair few archaeologists and metal-detectorists, and they all say that cleaning coins beyond 'finger clean' (ie rubbing off the worst of the muck in warm water with your fingers) can corrode and devalue them. Same goes for any other metal 'finds'.
But I repeat what Vagrant says - get them valued first. I'm in touch with a fair few archaeologists and metal-detectorists, and they all say that cleaning coins beyond 'finger clean' (ie rubbing off the worst of the muck in warm water with your fingers) can corrode and devalue them. Same goes for any other metal 'finds'.
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