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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jamy Smith, post: 25486881, member: 162785&quot;]War nickels have a unique patina I’m absolutely sure is from young dirty fingers handling their first silver coins, it’s absolutely gross</p><p><br /></p><p>Stripping tarnish off coins is bad, it removes a layer of metal to be replaced by a new layer of oxidized metal;</p><p>Doesn’t ruin them, it just wears them out a bit more and it’s strange to see a shiny worn out coin</p><p><br /></p><p>I use a clean rock tumbler to remove grime but leave the tarnish intact;</p><p>Fill the drum half full of nickels,</p><p>Cover with water and saw dust or shavings, if using shavings stuff them in so they’re dense,</p><p>Add a spoon full of simple old fashioned detergent, I use one of them Zote laundry bars,</p><p>Roll for 12hrs,</p><p>Pan out the wood like panning gold,</p><p>Roll again for 12 hrs but without soap</p><p><br /></p><p>After the first roll, if you start with regular sticky gross nickels, they will have a dark gray residue that wipes off with a paper towel, but that’s hard to do and the second tumble does a better job[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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