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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Farstaff, post: 1074522, member: 2344&quot;]The comments I provided you is base on my own experiences, both my successes and failures. </p><p>On silver or clads, using a ultra sonic cleaner has ruined a few coins for me. I noticed little areas left on the coins where the holes in the basket became noticeable on the coins, giving the coins a checker board effect. I have use E-Z-est™ coin cleaner, jewel lust, the jewelry cleaner that came with the sonic cleaner, distilled water, and tap water but I have never had no personal success using a ultra sonic cleaner on coins. I have not try using dish washing soap mostly because most dish washing soaps appear to have ingredients contained within them that appears to be harmful or the type of ingredients, I am trying to remove. </p><p><br /></p><p>In using pure acetone I have been successful in removing oils, newly made fingerprints, glue and pvc residue. I usually let the coin sit for a few minutes, rinse with distilled water and blow dry.</p><p><br /></p><p>On coppers, I have used MS 70™, olive oil, E-Z-est™ coin cleaner, jewel lust, the jewelry cleaner that came with the sonic cleaner, Blue Ribbon™, Coin Care™ and tap water. Using these I have had various degrees of success in cleaning copper coins but none remove verdigris to my satisfaction. Blue Ribbon™ which is no longer produced, was my preferred method of cleaning coppers. I now use Coin Care™ which is a similar product for general light cleaning <b>if needed</b>. Since VERDI-CARE™ became available I have used it for removal of light to moderate verdigris successfully, Blue Ribbon™ and Coin Care™ did not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please don&#039;t get me wrong I rarely clean my coins but I have experimented though the years and I generally recommend not to clean any valuable coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I provided you with a few general links so that you could do further research in what others have experienced on this forum concerning cleaning their coins and not depend on just my comments or opinion. This is a subject that appears to come up weekly in the forum and others have had difference experiences than me. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is my opinion that they are your coins and do with them as you wish. </p><p><br /></p><p>I wish you luck in conserving your coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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