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<p>[QUOTE="Detecto92, post: 1423684, member: 75105"]I clean many coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I use acetone to "clean" organic materials off silver coins such as fingerprints, and skin oils.</p><p><br /></p><p>I use a rock tumbler to clean my dug copper coins, like common wheat pennies. Of course they will <i>always</i> be cleaned coins, since they came out of the ground in poor condition. But the tumbling improves their appearance. </p><p><br /></p><p>I use a rock tumbler to clean brass, aluminum, and zinc tokens. Token collectors are not picky about original surface, unless we are talking valuable tokens before the 1940s. The rock tumbler gives them an "original look". They look just like the day they were made. They do not looked "cleaned".</p><p><br /></p><p>I use olive oil on some of my more valuable dug coppers, like Indian head pennies. The oil removes thick green verdigris from the coin. Again...it will always been a cleaned coin, just improving appearance. </p><p><br /></p><p>...and no...I never clean coins in an attempt to sell them for more profit. Anything cleaned goes into my private collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some dug wheats I got, and tumbled.</p><p>Before:</p><p><img src="http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/Phototaker_2010/IMG_0795.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/Phototaker_2010/IMG_0804.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>They look much better. Although they look "bright"...in a few years time they will tone with the other copper wheats they are mixed in with.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple tokens I tumbled. No I don't have a before picture. Both looked terrible before though.</p><p><img src="http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/Phototaker_2010/IMG_0789-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Detecto92, post: 1423684, member: 75105"]I clean many coins. I use acetone to "clean" organic materials off silver coins such as fingerprints, and skin oils. I use a rock tumbler to clean my dug copper coins, like common wheat pennies. Of course they will [I]always[/I] be cleaned coins, since they came out of the ground in poor condition. But the tumbling improves their appearance. I use a rock tumbler to clean brass, aluminum, and zinc tokens. Token collectors are not picky about original surface, unless we are talking valuable tokens before the 1940s. The rock tumbler gives them an "original look". They look just like the day they were made. They do not looked "cleaned". I use olive oil on some of my more valuable dug coppers, like Indian head pennies. The oil removes thick green verdigris from the coin. Again...it will always been a cleaned coin, just improving appearance. ...and no...I never clean coins in an attempt to sell them for more profit. Anything cleaned goes into my private collection. Here are some dug wheats I got, and tumbled. Before: [IMG]http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/Phototaker_2010/IMG_0795.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/Phototaker_2010/IMG_0804.jpg[/IMG] They look much better. Although they look "bright"...in a few years time they will tone with the other copper wheats they are mixed in with. Here are a couple tokens I tumbled. No I don't have a before picture. Both looked terrible before though. [IMG]http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/Phototaker_2010/IMG_0789-1.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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