1955 Lincoln what cent

nooraden1

Hello all, without exception, a friend of mine gave me this cent. The problem is that it has some cracks. I also want to wash it or clean it from some dirt. If you can advise me of any cleaning materials you can use, then also is this cent ة and it's die clash

BLUEJAYWAY

I see many lamination cracks.

MasonG

Why do you want to clean the coin? If it didn't have the stuff you want to clean off on it, it would be worth about 3 cents.

Martin

Clean away. Pencil eraser will
Leave it bright and shiny. Won’t add any value but won’t loose much either

Martin

Mr_Spud

It’s a low value, but interesting coin. It would benefit it to soak it in mineral oil about a half year or so if you want the green stuff to come off without making the coin look all pink and obviously cleaned. It would be a good practice coin in case you ever find an old copper coin with similar green stuff on it that would benefit from a soak in mineral oil.

You can google “soaking old copper coins in oil” and you’ll find out any details. Most will say olive oil instead of mineral oil, but mineral oil is even more benign than olive oil

jesbroken

If you use olive oil, use the cheap/fake grade of EEVO. 3 to 6 months will make an amazing difference.
Jim

ricko

The olive oil soak is all I would recommend for that cent. Anything else will likely make it look worse. Cheers, RickO

nooraden1

Thanks Ricko & thanks Jesbroken for your help and thanks for everyone to gave me some help .
God bles everybody