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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2468675, member: 71723&quot;]Until recently, I had never done the &quot;toothpick thing&quot;. But I got a doorprize at a local coin club that was a baby food jar filled with 60-some year old world coins, mostly European and South American. Some of the South American ones were coated with green slime that looked like too many years in a soft plastic flip. The next night I was at the CVS and saw a $1 promo item that was two &quot;salt shaker sized&quot; containers of toothpicks. I started by soaking a few coins and a few toothpicks in tap water (well water, not municipal). In the process of removing the slime off the coins, some toothpick ends frayed a little and became &quot;microbrushes&quot;. Not that these coins were worth much, in time or treasure, but the hands-on educational experience of having noodled around with the techniques was valuable enough. One 1946 Ecuadoran 5 centavos (CuNi) came out &quot;screaming nice&quot;. A few of the coppers came out real nice too. Under the crud, many were mint state.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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