Is This worth cleaning?

I know you aren't supposed to clean your coins, but can I clean this one with soup and water with a toothpick?

 

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I guess it would depend on what kind of soup you plan to use.

 

dish soap

 

What year is it? Is it zinc? Curious why you want to clean it.

 

It IS worth it for the educational value alone. I think I see a 1993-D, which makes it a Zincoln. Pick at it all you want. You'll learn things, and you won't be destroying anything worthwhile.

 

Don't use tomato soup, it has too much acid that will just damage your coin.

 

Of course it's worth cleaning and simply because you may learn something in the process.

 

By the way, given how this piece looks, I like his choice of tools.

 

Your coin is only worth 1 cent so worst case, you do something horrible to it and the value is reduced to....oh wait, you can't hurt it's value.

I agree with @BooksB4Coins and @V. Kurt Bellman (don't tell anybody I agreed with Kurt), coins like this make great practice pieces. Try diff soaps, rinsing, maybe a stiff brush. Use it to learn how all this diff things behave.

 

Don't worry, as you learn, it'll become commonplace.

 

I had a New Zealand 20 cent whose reverse (the kiwi side) was about 30% covered by translucent brown gunk. I soaked it in Heinz' Ketchup for an afternoon and all but a few stubborn tiny spots were gone.

I have a jelly jar full of "monkey with them when you get bored" coins.

 

Chicken soup is good for everything

 

Good chicken soup is good for eating. Bad chicken soup is up for grabs. There is no bad bourbon, so I've never tried that on coins.

 

It’s a 1953 so I figured it would probably look a lot better if I did

 

That ship has sailed, however, the coin & some basil may improve the taste of the soup (or soap) - but I would "boil the crap out of it" first!

 

Well if you are going to try maybe this metal detecting guide to cleaning coins will help (he caveats everything about why you shouldn't clean coins so be aware!)
http://www.metaldetectingworld.com/cleaning_preservation_coin.shtml

 

I'v never tried dish soap soup before.

 

Not that you know of.

 

That's the result.