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Cleaning 40%

Postby Pachucko » Wed Mar 21, 2018 8:08 am

I got a hold of some dirty 40%.

Nothing wrong with the coins, no dents, gouges, scratches, etc., just ugly.

Kinda like me, but I digress...

Anyone have an easy way to get all the gunk off?

I've never cleaned bullion or 90%, tried pennies once and it didn't go so well.

Someone mentioned "tumbling" before but I can't find the thread.

Thanks......P
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Re: Cleaning 40%

Postby Thogey » Wed Mar 21, 2018 8:37 am

There is a cleaned coin market right here on realcent!

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=39957&p=313506&hilit=clean+coins#p313506
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Re: Cleaning 40%

Postby Pachucko » Wed Mar 21, 2018 12:27 pm

Thogey wrote:There is a cleaned coin market right here on realcent!

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=39957&p=313506&hilit=clean+coins#p313506


Thanks, I'll take a look.

I wanted to stay away form chemicals or soap and scrubbing.

The pennies I cleaned a few years back came out butt ugly.
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Re: Cleaning 40%

Postby Cu Penny Hoarder » Wed Mar 21, 2018 6:15 pm

Seriously... why? The gunk ads character. :)
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Re: Cleaning 40%

Postby Recyclersteve » Wed Mar 21, 2018 6:41 pm

Before putting into a tumbler, however, you might just try taking a few of them and putting them into a plastic cup with soapy water. If you let the water just sit for 12-24 hours, quite a bit might come off just while sitting there in the soapy water. I haven't done it with silver halves, but have quite a bit with pennies through quarters. It doesn't always work, but works well enough so that I keep doing it (especially with gunky, sticky coins).
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Re: Cleaning 40%

Postby everything » Thu Mar 22, 2018 7:43 pm

I've been resorting to not throwing dirty copper pennies back into the wild, I put them in vinegar for a few days, seems to really do the trick. Seems to destroy the protective nature of all the grime if you can call it that.
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Re: Cleaning 40%

Postby John Reich » Fri Mar 23, 2018 2:27 pm

Recyclersteve wrote:Before putting into a tumbler, however, you might just try taking a few of them and putting them into a plastic cup with soapy water. If you let the water just sit for 12-24 hours, quite a bit might come off just while sitting there in the soapy water. I haven't done it with silver halves, but have quite a bit with pennies through quarters. It doesn't always work, but works well enough so that I keep doing it (especially with gunky, sticky coins).


I've had good luck with the soapy water soak. If the gunk is really bad I put them in a bowl and use boiling water with the soap. It seems to help with the stubborn cases.
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