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Message:: [QUOTE="mikev, post: 1679803, member: 44760"]It was our 22nd anniversary this past January.  For those of you that don't know, the gift for the 22nd is Copper.  Googling Copper anniversary gifts, I get water cans.  Pots.  Pans.  Garden stuff.  Not real good.  So I came up with what I thought was brilliant:  a Penny.  Couple of problems though.  First, a real copper penny won't be shiny, and if it is, I don't want to spend that kind of money.  But, a Proof penny will be shiny, but it won't really be copper.  So, I got her a 1991 proof penny.  Years ago, I also got her a Tiffany charm bracelet.  So, I decided to make the penny into a charm.  I had a sterling silver rope mount put around it and had it attached to her bracelet.  Looked really good, and she was happy.  Whole thing only set me back $65, so I was happy too! Now, after only a couple of months, the penny isn't looking real proof-like.  So I was wonder what I can use to clean it.  Here's a couple of pics: [ATTACH]251414.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]251415.vB[/ATTACH] I'm not really knowledgeable on taking photo's (obviously), but I hope that you can at least see what I'm talking about.  Once I clean it, is there something that I can put on it that will keep it shiny?  There's no real value in the coin, but it will look a lot better if it's shiny.  I don't want to damage the silver or the bracelet either. Thoughts?[/QUOTE]