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Ardent Listener
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dakota1955
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 06/20/2009 : 20:53:57
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| I wonder how long it would take to do all the copper pennies that we as members have on this board? |
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
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 Posted - 06/20/2009 : 21:20:50
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Originally posted by dakota1955
I wonder how long it would take to do all the copper pennies that we as members have on this board?
Not long if we could get a tanker truck of vinegar mixed into an Olympic size swimming pool of salt water.  |
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Sleeping Martyr
New Member
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Posted - 06/21/2009 : 10:00:28
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| My father-in-law owns a machine shop that makes small screws and parts for guns.. he's got an industrial parts polisher that i've been dying to try out, too.. |
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brian0918
Penny Sorter Member
USA
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Posted - 06/21/2009 : 10:24:07
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| If you're going to do this, do NOT do it to any coins that have collectible value. Collectors prefer to have the aged patina left intact on the penny. If there is gunk on the penny, you can lightly wash it with soap and water, but be careful not to scratch it. |
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coachg
New Member
USA
18 Posts |
Posted - 06/22/2009 : 17:54:13
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| I'm new to this and couldn't clean all of mine. I hate to think what it would take to clean some of the stashes out there. I could do my wheats but that's about it. |
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myfundsarelow
Penny Pincher Member
USA
248 Posts |
Posted - 06/22/2009 : 23:31:45
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 thank you Ardent listener for posting the information on cleaning copper cents, one can always gain good info on this forum PEACE!! |
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brian0918
Penny Sorter Member
USA
96 Posts |
Posted - 06/22/2009 : 23:35:35
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| Do NOT clean wheats this way!!! You won't get as much for them if the patina is destroyed. |
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 06/22/2009 : 23:38:53
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| send all your wheats to me. I will make a nice place for them! |
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Silver Surfer
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 06/23/2009 : 00:18:19
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I had an experience soaking a few cents in vinegar/salt/water for several minutes, just out of curiosity. The result was they turned a weird reddish/pinkish color. Buffed them and it helped some but ultimately didn't get the result I wanted so I threw them in with the ugly Abes. This method will clean the cents but don't expect to get a bright, shiny, natural looking penny once the patina is damaged. It will look like a cleaned coin (dull and unnatural appearance). I certainly will not attempt this again and have since joined the ranks of the anti-cleaning coin crowd. Learned my lesson.
I've read some good things about a product by the name of Verdi-Gone. Removes the green corrosion without destroying the patina. Haven't tried it though. |
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of it's victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busy-bodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." - C.S. Lewis |
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brian0918
Penny Sorter Member
USA
96 Posts |
Posted - 06/23/2009 : 21:50:27
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| Again, people, I cannot stress this enough - DO NOT clean wheats, Indian Heads, or anything old, AU or higher, rare, error variety, etc. You will completely destroy the value! |
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
3452 Posts |
Posted - 06/23/2009 : 22:02:49
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| I like plain old ketchup for cleaning my copper jewlery. Non-toxic and not too expensive if you use the cheap stuff. |
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Publius
New Member
USA
20 Posts |
Posted - 06/24/2009 : 00:38:26
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Originally posted by brian0918
Again, people, I cannot stress this enough - DO NOT clean wheats, Indian Heads, or anything old, AU or higher, rare, error variety, etc. You will completely destroy the value!
I know, I cringed when I watched the video. Yikes!  |
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coachg
New Member
USA
18 Posts |
Posted - 06/24/2009 : 00:51:49
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| a drop of gun oil seems to make them nice |
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JobIII
Penny Collector Member
USA
464 Posts |
Posted - 07/30/2009 : 11:24:42
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Why would cleaning a DDO hurt the value of the coin? I'm new to rating coins and assessing the value of coins.
Also does anyone know if this process has any down side for a general bullion collection of LCM's? I'm trying to make my bullion collection look nice, and for the record there are no special coins to be found or that i'll try to find here. |
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beerdoodle
Penny Sorter Member
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 07/30/2009 : 12:56:55
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| When I used to metal detect (constantly) I used the ole reliable rock tumbler to clean dug coins. Pea sized aquarium gravel and some cream of tarter sauce made them very presentable. But I would never try to improve a coin I found CRH. A dude on another forum I frequent just dug a 1909s vdb. He made it very presentable for a dug "wheatie". |
I am really getting good at barely getting by |
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Ant
Moderator
USA
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Posted - 07/30/2009 : 13:03:16
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Originally posted by JobIII
Why would cleaning a DDO hurt the value of the coin? I'm new to rating coins and assessing the value of coins.
Generally speaking, a cleaned coin loses a great deal of its numismatic value. Even experienced collectors shy away from cleaning a coin lightly. As mentioned above, soaking in water and a mild soap is okay, but it's easy to scratch a coin, even with a soft cloth.
It's easy to tell a cleaned coin from one that is BU/AU. Cleaned copper coins are "pink" in hue. A cleaned coin also lacks patina. Evidence of cleaning can be visible years after a coin is cleaned -- think of how many auction/sale listings note an "old cleaning".
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Originally posted by JobIII
Also does anyone know if this process has any down side for a general bullion collection of LCM's? I'm trying to make my bullion collection look nice, and for the record there are no special coins to be found or that i'll try to find here.
For just bullion coins, I don't think it matters, though I don't care for the pink hue myself. If I were pulling some nice ones out to put in a book or a tube, I wouldn't clean 'em. |
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Lovely dimes, the liveliest coin, the one that really jingles. --Truman Capote
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jonflyfish
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
551 Posts |
Posted - 07/30/2009 : 13:58:24
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| I have naturally cleaned all of my copper. After running the Ryedale for a few hrs my hands are full of gunk. |
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jtm3
Penny Collector Member
USA
401 Posts |
Posted - 07/31/2009 : 09:09:47
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I wouldn't bother cleanig my ugly abes.
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Originally posted by brian0918
Again, people, I cannot stress this enough - DO NOT clean wheats, Indian Heads, or anything old, AU or higher, rare, error variety, etc. You will completely destroy the value!
Brian, the name of this sub-forum is Copper Penny BULLION Investing. Most posts revolve around the bullion aspect of the penny. Copper penny bullion investing encompasses the Lincoln Memorial Cent 1959-1982. These coins are typically worth next to nothing to numismatists (I am one). Plus one that has been gunked up enough to clean is most likely to scratched up to sell for numismatic value.
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PennehChaos.
Penny Collector Member
USA
267 Posts |
Posted - 07/31/2009 : 12:16:13
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Originally posted by jtm3
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Originally posted by brian0918
Again, people, I cannot stress this enough - DO NOT clean wheats, Indian Heads, or anything old, AU or higher, rare, error variety, etc. You will completely destroy the value!
Brian, the name of this sub-forum is Copper Penny BULLION Investing. Most posts revolve around the bullion aspect of the penny. Copper penny bullion investing encompasses the Lincoln Memorial Cent 1959-1982. These coins are typically worth next to nothing to numismatists (I am one). Plus one that has been gunked up enough to clean is most likely to scratched up to sell for numismatic value.
That is true. However, going through as many cents as some of us do, some collectible coins are invariably turned up, and I think Brian's warning is well-placed.
Personally, I don't see the value of cleaning bullion pennehs either, unless you're planning to smelt/refine them yourself. What exactly is the gain? |
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jtm3
Penny Collector Member
USA
401 Posts |
Posted - 08/02/2009 : 19:50:33
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Well for me I would rather have a gunked up 1909 VDB S(w/o knowing) penny in my "ugly abes" box than have one in my coin drawer and the guilt of having cleaned it.
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Cleaning Copper Pennies Video.
