should this Buff get a bath??? (large pic file)

its4real

I just got this buffalo Nickel in - 1916 - and it looks...I don't know...kindof grimy. It doesn't FEEL oily or grimy but it just looks dirty. There is a tremendous amount of detail on this coin - but it's BUTT ugly

Any ideas on what to do with it to get it back to a nice shiny hiney buff would be greatly appreciated.

p.s. I tried mild soap and water - nada
Pics:

fcloud

Looks good! Don't wreck it by cleaning.

Tony

RGL

Dipping nickel is tricky and I would not recommend, in particular, trying it on a circulated coin, at least not if you have any concern about its future and ongoing value ...

Dog97

Dipping it won't make it shiny as your hiney anyway. It will only make it dull gray. Looks like it has already corroded and the copper has leached out so it would probably look like a cleaned penny.

dorkkarl

1 of the simplest rules in numismatics:

DO NOT DIP NICKEL

K S

its4real

ttt

Petescorner

Clean the heck out if it! A 1916-P in VF isn't a valuable coin anyway. Get some experience for what might happen if it were a 21-S or 14-D.

its4real

Thanks Pete - that's kindof what I thought... so Here's what happened:



Whaddaya think???

Petescorner

Whaddaya think???

From the pics, the coin looks corroded so, I don't think you did anything to hurt its value. What did you use to clean it?

UncleJoe

I agree with Dan not Pete, the coin looks corroded.
I might have taken a chance on the before cleaning but I would not buy the newly cleaned corroded looking coin.

Did you use Ajax or Comet?

Joe.