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<p>[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 331434, member: 4552"]Way, way back when I was a kid and collected coins, if I showed my collection to anyone they would always say, those sure are dirty, why don't you clean them. And I did. Every coin I collected I cleaned. Now as a really smart kid in chemistry, although about 8 years old, I knew enough that Baking Soda and water solutions would clean Copper. If that didn't work, a turkey baster could take out some Batery Acid from my Dad's car battery and that sure did clean the coins much better. Of course when caught taking that acid the results hurt where I sit. I did this with an entire completed Lincoln Cent collection. Of course back then a completed set was from 1909 to about 1948 but it did include the 09S VDB, 14D, 22 plain, etc. </p><p>Just think if I had the money to go out and buy that brand new book about coins that just came out called the Red Book. However, $1.50 was a lot of money then. Lots of candy for that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 331434, member: 4552"]Way, way back when I was a kid and collected coins, if I showed my collection to anyone they would always say, those sure are dirty, why don't you clean them. And I did. Every coin I collected I cleaned. Now as a really smart kid in chemistry, although about 8 years old, I knew enough that Baking Soda and water solutions would clean Copper. If that didn't work, a turkey baster could take out some Batery Acid from my Dad's car battery and that sure did clean the coins much better. Of course when caught taking that acid the results hurt where I sit. I did this with an entire completed Lincoln Cent collection. Of course back then a completed set was from 1909 to about 1948 but it did include the 09S VDB, 14D, 22 plain, etc. Just think if I had the money to go out and buy that brand new book about coins that just came out called the Red Book. However, $1.50 was a lot of money then. Lots of candy for that.[/QUOTE]
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