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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bones-65, post: 8231154, member: 136030&quot;]I&#039;ve actually thought a lot about defining coin cleaning and I go back to this!</p><p>All the big Casinos in Vegas at lest at one time had GIANT coin cleaners that ALL the coins (millions of them) are ran through before they&#039;re circulated inside the casinos! They ALL did it (do it)! they want their coins to be shinny CLEAN! (Cleaned)</p><p>My wife pulls coins out of the washer machine from about every load of laundry she does, except for towels and underwear LoL! (Cleaned)</p><p>So, for the most part its possible that once a coin passes a certain time frame in circulation its not likely to NOT HAVE BEEN CLEANED! even purposely cleaned, even valuable ones.</p><p>I know people who will take yard sticks with a hook formed (cut) on one end and reach under the washer machines in laundry mats and drag coins out that falls out of the pockets and rolls beneath the washers (CLEANED)</p><p>I&#039;m sure there is people here that has seen say copper cents in a collection that has finger prints etched into the surface of them, you know those raw brown well circulated Lincoln&#039;s ruined with a salty, maybe chemical coated factory worker finger print and the coin was put into the collection and LEFT for the salt or chemical to react to the metal because THEY CAN NOT BE CLEANED!!!!</p><p>Well, I know of only two somewhat ways to prevent this!</p><p>(CLEAN THEM) well, wash them, its not like its going to be their first bath.</p><p>But, how to do this???</p><p>Many very HIGH END collectors use acetone, but they use PURE! and they test it, how? they put a few drops on a clean mirror laying flat and let it dry, if it leaves a spots, its considered NOT PURE! and when they find some that test pure, they buy LOTS of it.</p><p>Next, for a single coin at a time they can be washed by putting a small amount of distilled water into a bowl, add a couple of drops of dawn and stir it together and let the coin soak in it for a couple of minutes, find a little brush (NON metal) with as soft of bristles as possible. Pull the coin out and gently brush it, have a second bowl of straight distilled water ready and put the coin in it for a rinse (make sure you have washed your hands with dawn just before starting the process) move the coins around in the rinse, remove it and pad it dry with a clean micro fiber cloth, then add it into your collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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