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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ErrorHunter43, post: 2018412, member: 54353&quot;]I&#039;ve recently starting metal detecting and so far have only found more recent coinage (aside from a buffalo nickel but it was so badly corroded that it was hardly distinguishable from a bottle cap).</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I have almost $10 in grimy looking brown clad coins. I would rather not burden a cashier or banker with these horrifying specimens, so is there an easy way of cleaning them and restoring them to somewhat presentable condition? Aside from using a rock tumbler or rinsing for hours?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have tried ketchup, tooth-brushing, and oxyclean, but these have done nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pennies I have found are simply beyond hope, as most are so corroded that only about 50% of some of them remain intact.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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