Using petroleum jelly to preserve coins?

Can I use petroleum jelly to preserve the new 2009 lincone pennies?

 

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Only if you want to preserve them as ruined coins. Petroleum jellies have harsh chemicals and oils as additives that I believe will turn copper black and start to eat it away. Buy some 2x2 cardboard holders to put them in. They'll probably still look great long after we're gone.
Guy~

 

I would never, ever put a good coin into pet. jelly.

But . . . . . . . . . Since these are not worth anything, I would maybe do it as an experiment. I know I can get rolls of these at my bank for face value.

 

Thinking about all the uses of PJ~This may be one of them.........but I doubt it.

 

That is actually a good question.

I purchase old surplus military items that shoot lead projectiles on occasion, and the items sometimes are packed in grease. I spend a lot of time cleaning them, but usually find that the metal on the items is in perfect 'mint' state after the cleaning. I am not sure what kind of grease is used, but it does seem to stop any rust or corrosion while the item was in long term storage.

I am not proposing that this is an ideal long term coin storage solution. Just found the question interesting.

 

Ok Thanks. Can I use petroleum jelly to preserve the presidential dollar coins? And are they gold plated?

 

S4R~
I presume you are referring to items already pre treated with an acid, like bluing, stainless or chromed? And I'm pretty sure the commercial compounds to preserve them are not just off the shelf Pet Jelly.

As the old saying goes, Save the PJ for your gun but keep your rifle clean....something like that. dd:

But I'm sure somebody is going to try it anyway, so I hope they post their results. The innuendo is just overwhelming.

 

There was a post here about a year ago that someone used mineral oil as a coin preservative. He was advised by many that he shouldn't do it, but if I remember correctly he stated he had been doing it for years without any problems. I meant to try it on some change coins, but never gor around to it.

 

almost all of the military weapons that I have gotten in the past were preserved with something called cosmileen (spelling might be wrong) but i've cleaned alot of this greasy sticky stuff out of rifles before. Sam

 

Leave them alone till you have more experience and no gold.

Leave them alone till you have more experience and no gold.
Clean ultra dry evironment and choice new coins keep very well.
No need for any additives.

 

Negative on the P.J.!!

 

.....the coins are not gold plated, only gold colored. welcome to the forum!

i don't know whether or not you have a red book for reference on coins but

i strongly recommend purchasing or borrowing one and check it out thoroughly.

you won't be sorry i'm sure. this book will touch on many many subjects on

coins and collecting and values, mintages, mint mark location etc. and quite a bit of

information that can only benefit you. just a bit of friendly advice. HAPPY COLLECTING!

grizz

 

That was good!

I remember the old saying from my Army days, " THIS is my weapon, THIS is my gun, one is for cleaning and one is for fun."

 

i was just thinking about that saying after

lol. i was never in the military but my dad told me that every time i said gun instead of rifle when i was younger

 

I was just trying to keep him from doing something like that to his Lincolns.:high5:

Perhaps Your DI may have been quoting MY DI. (And for you civilian types DI=Drill Instructor)

 

Good points... I use to coat my dimes with liquid mercury... they sure looked great. Of course, that was in 1955...

 

Dear Coin monkey. here's what I do.:

 

Thanks everybody! Ihave put them in the cardboard holders, I was just wondering if I needed to put something on them before I put them in thier case.

 

Really? You're the first I heard say they can get them from the bank. I've tried probably 10 banks and even though some ordered the quarters they wouldn't get involved in the pennies.