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Message:: [QUOTE="Rono, post: 311573, member: 6492"]Howdy, That'll teach me to quote another poster.  ;-) I've used CoinSolve on a few coins, but have heard that if you're careful and double rinse, acetone is good. Lemon juice sounds less harsh than acetone, but if I was going to try it, I'd start with a diluted solution and see how it works before using straight juice.  I'd also start on a coin that didn't matter. I'm sort of a purist when it comes to cleaning coins and normally would prefer to leave them alone.  At the same time, I don't have a problem with wanting to preserve them before you put them into an album - sort of like giving the grandson a bath before putting him to bed.   In my case, this goes back to when I was about 10 and just starting out collecting pennies.  I had found a 1922 lincoln with a very faint shadow of a D that I decided to remove with a jackknife.  Or those indian heads I thought looked better after scrubbing them with a pencil eraser.   The memory lasts.  peace, rono[/QUOTE]