What is the best way to remove junk off of a Indian cent without making it "cleaned"

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how is it useless without pictures cause it was a simple question I wasn't asking about a specific spot or anything just safe ways to clean my coins so if you don't have anything to say to help why comment that's what steers young people away from collecting and of you would look at the comments I did put a picture up

 

Say what you will about my opinion here, but so far as I can see, the presence of normal accumulations like this on an obviously well-circulated coin is completely acceptable as-is. Why do you even want to "clean" it?
There is no way it will ever be "new" again - no technique on earth can reverse the entropy involved.
If you want gemmy coins they are definitely available - buy them in that condition. So long as you are not vastly overpaying, if new and shiny-looking is your goal, you would do better to focus on collecting shiny, MS specimens - and you may well find yourself disappointed with this piece in comparison to genuinely new-looking coins.
Or, you may have some sentimental attachment to it - you found it in your grandmother's driveway - it was a gift from a dear relative or friend who has passed - it was an amazingly lucky find in change. Those - and many other factors - are all good reasons for even a pristine-condition maven to keep and treasure a coin which unabashedly shows its history on its face.
For me, at least, circulated coins are a testament to their real, useful history - if they could only talk, what amazing tales they might tell. You probably need to use your imagination, but each "used" coin has a story or three to tell if you try to see it.

 

Whoa, slow down there cowboy @Newbee03 No need to get so defensive.

It's very apparent @coiniac was referencing the post by @desertgem wanting to see 'tongue in cheek' pictures of him cleaning the coin in the shower. He did quote him in his post

 

Ultrasonic still scares me and if the coin is just allowed to sit around awhile, it will retone.

 

Agree, not everything needs pictures! Especially shower pictures!!!

 

MAYBE

 

Your coin does appear to have been cleaned. It might be better to just leave it alone. The more you do the more you lose. Welcome to CT, keep those post coming. Good luck.