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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tamaracian, post: 2043491, member: 23122&quot;]I use Bamboo Skewers (available at the Supermarket) that come in a package (usually 100).&nbsp; I had tried Toothpicks but found them too soft for moving stubborn crud.&nbsp; The bamboo Skewer has an advantage in that it is initially longer (8&quot; or 12&quot;) and can be broken/cut so that it mimics a pencil in the hand, thereby offering a great deal of control over the operation.&nbsp; The Skewers usually come with a very fine, sharp tapered point that can get into most receses of the Details, and around Lettering and the Rim-Field junction where most of the crud tends to congregate.&nbsp; While Bamboo is a hard material, I have yet to leave any scratches on any coin.&nbsp; I always do this operation under magnification and use an approach where I come at the deposit on an angle of about 30-45 degrees, so that the force applied is more of a shearing type of operation.&nbsp; The Bamboo Skewer does last a long time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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