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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;usmc60, post: 2406454, member: 76739&quot;]This old Marine may not know what he&#039;s doing but I&#039;ve taken coins like this, taken a couple of paperclips and fashioned them to where they&#039;d hold the, coin up on its rim, sit that in a juror with warm dishwashing soap for a half a day then rinse thoroughly with freshwater let dry. Then I take the coin to my brass polisher that i used for reloading put it in and let it run sometimes a half a day depending on how bad the coin is. I find that walnut shells do lot better than the corn. Then final cleanup under the microscope with a rose Thorne super glued to a toothpick to do some touchup cleanup. If all else fails put them in your pocket of your pants and throw them in the washing machine. The only problem with that is you have a tendency to get polished lines which are not a good thing. I&#039;m personally&nbsp; not a fan of acetone treatment and avoid using it. And if you decide to go with just a dishwashing soap treatment I would suggest Don, it has a tendency to break up more grime than some of the others. And one crucial part I generally boil the water. The hotter the water the more it opens up the pores on the metal of the coin and allows for a better cleaning. I only wish that I would&#039;ve taken a photograph of the 1838 one sent coin before I put it in the dishwashing soap dip. You can see that coin on my thread 1838 or 1888. A friend of mine picked up one of those jewelry sonic cleaners at a garage sale and filled it with hot dishwashing soap and put a really bad coin in and it came out not too bad. In the long run the choice is yours. Let&#039;s all just have fun collecting.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie24" alt=":blackalien:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> \V/[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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