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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;claycad, post: 1154907, member: 17987&quot;]<b>Cleaning with oil.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>So there&#039;s a million threads about coin cleaning on here, this one seems to be the newest one so I guess I use it. And yes, as many has already mentioned I know the no no&#039;s of coin cleaning and would never do it to a valuable coin. But maybe it&#039;s the OCD part of me, but dang it I like shiny things. I&#039;ve been considering cleaning my collection of Indian heads for a while now. Most are only in G condition if that and are only worth maybe a few dollars at most. They do have some sentimental value, and even if they were ruined by cleaning that sentimental value would remain the same. They were given to me by my dad, who received them from his grandmother. Neither took very good care of them. My dad kept them all in a mason jar where they were free to rub up against each other.</p><p><br /></p><p>So anyway, if I do clean them I really don&#039;t want to use harsh chemicals. I came across&nbsp; webpage that described using olive oil, so I tried it. I think the results are excellent, but would like some other opinions. Here is the before and after:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]119574.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it got a lot of the gunk off with out changing the tone very much if any. And also I like to think that I am not cleaning, but preserving them as someone mentioned. I figure hey, even those these aren&#039;t that valuable, they might continue to be handed down to future generations. I don&#039;t know what that black gunk in the crevasses is, but it very well could be slowly eating away at the coins surface. Cleaning it now might slightly mess with the natural toning, but if my great great great great grand children ever have them they may be more valuable then because I cleaned the gunk of them. Eventually what toning is lost today will re-tone over the decades. </p><p><br /></p><p>So I&#039;m not going to condone cleaning a coin. Do it at your own risk. But here is a before and after picture of an old Indian head I cleaned with pure olive oil. I am happy withe the results and no harsh chemicals were used. I soaked the coin for several hours, then took it out and ran a soft bristled tooth brush across it a few times, but it back to soak in the oil for another several hours then brushed it again. Total I soaked it for about 24 hours, taking it out to brush it maybe 3 or 4 times. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve tried cleaning coins with soap and water and never had as good of results and with the olive oil. I&#039;m happy with the results, but what do you all think. Did the cleaning degrade the coin or add to the eye appeal of it?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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