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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;adric22, post: 1505206, member: 38146&quot;]I have tried cleaning wheat pennies and for some reason I have destroyed every one of them.&nbsp; I tried dipping in salt+vinegar.&nbsp; That works great for a more modern penny that is just a little dull and toned looking.&nbsp; But really old pennies just seem to turn black and look worse than they started with.&nbsp; I left one in the solution recently for a week and it eventually turned copper-looking again but the surface looked like sandpaper instead of being shiny like I wanted.&nbsp; I&#039;ve also tried scrubbing with baking soda, toothpaste, etc.. Nothing seems to work.&nbsp; I think once they get to the point that they&#039;re nearly black I think there is no hope for them ever being shiny again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, with silver coins I&#039;ve had fantastic luck bringing nasty black looking coins back to life![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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