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zinc questiom

PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 4:14 pm
by jasmatk
found a 1995d penny that appears to be just zinc no copper,I say appears becouse its so dirty I can only see parts of it.so my question is what works good to clean bare zinc?

Re: zinc questiom

PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 11:21 pm
by penny pretty
is there a reason one would bother cleaning a 1995d?

Re: zinc questiom

PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:13 am
by jasmatk
penny pretty wrote:is there a reason one would bother cleaning a 1995d?

yes becouse its not copper plated its just zinc so if it cleaned up its going in the something different pile.

Re: zinc questiom

PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:50 am
by DebtFreeMe
I've found several of those... It basic high school chemistry class to removed the copper... Not sure how to clean just zinc though...