Thread: I like Cleaned Coins and you should to thread

Originally Posted by Kirkuleez

It is not harmless, it is a method conservation. I know you just read the post about the Ike with the fingerprint.

Who are you talking to? Are you stalking me

Yes I was stalking to you. I was answering your question.

I think that it seems that people have a different idea of what cleaning is. Some seem to think it is about changing the appearance of the coin like stripping it of its toning. When I think of cleaning I think of getting of things off coins that did not happen naturally that were put onto the coins by those handling them like grit and dirt. I opened a roll of pennies that were hand rolled with all kinds of crap on them like hair and pieces of tissue. I soaked the wheats in alcohol and water but the copper pennies I was adding to my set books, I just threw them in the sink with shampoo and swished them around. There was a lot. As I mentioned, one idea to clean a large amount of copper pennies is to throw them in with the laundry.

Would throwing your coins in with the laundry be improperly cleaning them?

Originally Posted by Kirkuleez

Yes I was stalking to you. I was answering your question.

This makes no sense to me. If it is acceptable to clean Morgan dollars, why not the one above. Either icleaning is damage or not. Choose one.

Ruben

Originally Posted by mrbrklyn

But if it is harmless to the coin then it isn't going through cosmetic surgery..

How is it harmless?

I would throw the capped bust in with my white clothes and use plenty of bleach and see what happens.

Originally Posted by mrbrklyn

This makes no sense to me. If it is acceptable to clean Morgan dollars, why not the one above. Either icleaning is damage or not. Choose one.

Ruben

I said it was acceptable to clean Ike dollars, a coin with relatively low numismatic or historical value, with acetone to remove a fingerprint. Cleaning the Bust coin that looks like it is a proof or proof like, would be risky and better left to professionals.

If you read my posts, I always say that it is better NOT TO CLEAN. Conservation and cleaning are two different things altogether.

Originally Posted by buddy16cat

I would throw the capped bust in with my white clothes and use plenty of bleach and see what happens.

Your killin' me. I already have Ruben to debate here. A little help Log Potato!!!!

Originally Posted by Kirkuleez

I said it was acceptable to clean Ike dollars, a coin with relatively low numismatic or historical value, with acetone to remove a fingerprint. Cleaning the Bust coin that looks like it is a proof or proof like, would be risky and better left to professionals.

If you read my posts, I always say that it is better NOT TO CLEAN. Conservation and cleaning are two different things altogether.

Ah - that was you? I didn't notice. I made no comment about that because i was uncertain about the long term affectiveness of that method or the resulting harm. When i don't know, i tend to listen and watch.

I'll be honest, I don't know the long term effect of acetone on coins. But I am a chemical engineer and see no real reason why it would severely harm the coin. But I think that it can sometimes leave the coin with an unnatural appearance. To me, that is damage enough. I do know the long term effects of fingerprints on coins. I have several early proofs that have fingerprints that will continue to darken forever. It is too late to do anything about them, and at this point it is literally part of the coin. If caught early enough, acetone can be effective. I guess it is up to you to decide if it is worth the risk of devaluing your coins.

Originally Posted by Kirkuleez

I have several early proofs that have fingerprints that will continue to darken forever. It is too late to do anything about them, and at this point it is literally part of the coin. If caught early enough, acetone can be effective. I guess it is up to you to decide if it is worth the risk of devaluing your coins.

George Washington left a greasy fingerprint on my half disme, wheres my acetone!!!

www2.volstate.edu/chem/1110/CopperClad.htm

do not clean coins