I like Cleaned Coins and you should to thread

How about renaissance coinage?

 

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I recently removed some verdigris from a brass token
with cayenne pepper hot sauce. I mixed in some cayenne
power to thicken it into a paste and make it even more
alkaline. As a paste I can control the application using
a wood match stick to put just a small dab at the spot
needed.

 

I clean any of my junk coins but I'm sure that's the only coins people clean.

 

Um, I'm pretty sure the active principle in hot sauce is vinegar. Nothing "alkaline" about it. Just about guaranteed to trash your coin's surface...

 

I'm using old machine oil, it seems to be lightly acidic and the rust can be detached after some time. The coins surface becomes smoother and is somewhat preserved, but I don't know what kind of long time effect it will have.

Also if gold coins form cupric acetate it calls into question the materials purity.

Don't be so sure about that.

 

I believe the vinegar in cayenne hot sauce is over
whelmed by the cayenne peppers and powder.
The verdigris disolved in less than two minutes.

 

It is recommended to remove the cleaning agent by licking it.

 

I don't clean any coins that are just melt value unless there is caked on gunk or I soak them in alcohol if they are from disgusting rolls. Today's junk may be tomorrow's collector coins.

 

what your coin really needs is a vibrator

http://www.amazon.com/Lighthouse-Vibration-Coin-Cleaner-VBR1/dp/B002CJDGAI

 

not funny

 

it is from a cleaning coins perspective

 

Do they guarantee to not harm the coin?

 

And Ruben... when you're done vibrating your coins, you can give them a bath:

http://www.amazon.com/Lighthouse-Cl...toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1346239078&sr=1-25

 

It is environmentally friendly, so that is good.

 

should I not clean this with a Tarnex dip?

 

A good question. This coin doesn't appear to have much if any luster (hard to tell from a photo) and the toning is not really particularly pleasing. I'm not really sure if Tarnex would be the dip material of choice, but if you decide to do it, I would make little dips to remove the mottled toning, and be careful not to dammage the nice parts of the coin.

 

I thought one should use Tranix only with a cloth?

 

It's got character now.

 

yeah..

 

Ruben, sometimes I can't tell if you are kidding or not. I think this is the danger some people quote when a newbie reads your post and does buff his coins out with a cloth and Tarnex. On the other hand, I don't see what a quick dip in a good agent would do as harm to that coin.