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<p>[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 253789, member: 4552"]As to cleaning the green stuff off. First just try distilled water. Let it soak for a while. If you have a stove with a pilot light, place the distilled water with the coin over the pilot light area. Just enough heat to warm the water. Use only a glass container due to a metal one may make things worse. If this fails, you may want to try solutions of things like Vinegar, Lemon Juices, etc. but make sure you dilute them with more distilled water. This is not an extreamely valuable coin so a little experimenting would not hurt to much. Just remember that the green stuff you see is usually Copper Carbonate and was created by exposure to the elements. The removing of this will take some of the metal with it. I normally do not suggest cleaning of any type but if you do try the safest way first.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 253789, member: 4552"]As to cleaning the green stuff off. First just try distilled water. Let it soak for a while. If you have a stove with a pilot light, place the distilled water with the coin over the pilot light area. Just enough heat to warm the water. Use only a glass container due to a metal one may make things worse. If this fails, you may want to try solutions of things like Vinegar, Lemon Juices, etc. but make sure you dilute them with more distilled water. This is not an extreamely valuable coin so a little experimenting would not hurt to much. Just remember that the green stuff you see is usually Copper Carbonate and was created by exposure to the elements. The removing of this will take some of the metal with it. I normally do not suggest cleaning of any type but if you do try the safest way first.[/QUOTE]
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