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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sir.birdy.bird, post: 4863685, member: 114916&quot;]I&#039;ll keep this as short as possible, ask any questions if I miss anything. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m interested in collecting coins, one thing I want to do is keep them fairly well protected, they&#039;re going to be stored in air tight coin capsules, in a stable environment.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins I&#039;m collecting arent worth a lot, they&#039;re british forigen territories... (isle of man, balwick of Jersey, falkland island coins etc) american quater dollar designs, canadian coins etc etc, they&#039;re coins that really arent worth a lot but I find great fun in researching and finding them through friends, shops etc. </p><p>- we really are working with face value coins...</p><p><br /></p><p>Theres no point in storing them correctly if in the long run contamination damages the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>I understand people use things like distilled water -&gt; acetone.... the problem is, some of my coins are copper/bronze. (Brisiths 1ps and 2ps) which I have read can have poor results. </p><p><br /></p><p>My question is: </p><p>How can I &#039;clean&#039;/preserve these coins by remove any contamination that comes from fingers and pockets?</p><p><br /></p><p>I dont actually want to clean the coin, I just want to remove any potential contaminants that may cause damage and then store and pass on to the next generation...</p><p><br /></p><p>Please forgive my ignorance, I&#039;ve already done a hundred google searches but I&#039;m still struggling to understand it all, all the coins are pretty common, they&#039;re not rare, they&#039;re shiny with nice designes and I want them to look good in 60+ years..</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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