Coins corroded in Hurricane Katrina

Trinketts

One of my relatives houses was flooded in Hurricane Katrina and he had about 200 or so Lincoln cents from 1909-1950's and they are heavily corroded. I am picking them up tomorrow in hopes of trying to salvage them for him in some kind of way.

Any ideas on what I should do.... I have heard everything from potatoes to olive oil... Not really worried about these being sent to be graded as they will stay with him.

Thanks

Cam40

sounds like a numismatic nightmare there

i dont know what i,d do....rocktumbler the real bad ones or something....

Trinketts

anyone else?

AlteredTone

I asked the same question several months ago. Answer I got was... spend them

cladking

Oil's the best bet. Spending them is a distant second perhaps. Valuable ones might be worth sending for conservation.

DCAM

http://www.anythinganywhere.com/info/clean.htm

michael

ncs

Res

You could market them like the WTC coins.