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easiest way to clean copper coins

whitesidwhitesid Posts: 18
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this article shows you a really easy way to clean copper coins. How To Clean Copper Coins
of course as I'm sure you already know that its not always the best thing to do to clean your finds. it might lessen the value of your coins.
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  • DesertRatDesertRat Posts: 1,791 ✭
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  • shudsonshudson Posts: 108
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    lol
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wrote my own little treatise on the subject, too.

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PS- I wrote my article before discovering the peroxide treatment discussed there, but I have to say, upon trying that, it does work pretty well. I started using it just after I wrote that article in the summer of '06, and now I often use it for a preliminary "crud-busting" before getting into the finer work with other tools. I have added the peroxide method to the other things in my arsenal. I find it to be sort of like short-duration electrolysis, without the electricity.

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    HE'S ALIVE!!! I thought maybe LordM had left us! Good to see you back!
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just takin' a break from the computer fer a while.

    Still gonna be scarce for a few days, maybe. When I finish reading the 1,200 page book my nose has been in, I'll probably wander back in.

    (No, nothing of any great research value- just Stephen King's "The Stand". I'm about 80% through it now.)

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  • shudsonshudson Posts: 108

    A similar thread over at CoinTalk.org led me to this site: Dirty Old Coins

    The Biox compound was recommended to stop the green corrosion from eating up your coins, keeping in mind that most of the damage has already been done at this point and cleaning the coin can't damage it's value much more.

    I just bought a bottle of Biox Conservation Liquid, Vulpex Liquid Soap, and Renaissance Metal De-Corroder to try them out. I'll keep you guys informed of the results if anyone is interested.
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dirty Old Coins is a good resource for beginning collectors of Roman coins, too. I use their rarity scale a good bit with my Roman coin collecting.

    Very informative site, indeed.

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  • DesertRatDesertRat Posts: 1,791 ✭


    << <i>(No, nothing of any great research value- just Stephen King's "The Stand". I'm about 80% through it now.) >>



    Excellent book! "The Stand" and "Red Storm Rising" are the only two works of fiction I've ever read multiple times. The Stand was the first Stephen King book I ever read and as a result I've since read every book he's published.
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