Update on that dead Buffalo

goldpaninut

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• Jan 28, 2018

• #1

Someone told me to use fine steel wool and vinegar to shine up that old buffalo nickel I found last week, so I tried it. Now I know full well that cleaning a coin destroys most the value, but I figured in the condition it was in, it was only worth a nickel anyway. So I shined her up and it didn't come out too bad! Maybe its worth 10 cents now......lol

 

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WyoTom

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• Jan 28, 2018

• #2

Not too bad! She was pretty toasty to begin with...

 

Dewsweeper894

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• Jan 28, 2018

• #3

I like it ! It will tone down a bit if you put it away for a wile but it pops out at ya now.

 

cellrdwellr

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• Jan 29, 2018

• #4

Nice work!

 

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OutdoorFrenzy

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• Feb 3, 2018

• #5

Easily doubled your money with that clean up job!! Nicely done!!

 

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Boostnbuds

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• Feb 3, 2018

• #6

The steel wool works awesome for otherwise cruddy items, vinegar can do strange things sometimes I use "super fine #0000" steel wool.