Cyberborikua
Senior Member
The best method to clean pennies is tumbling them for about 45 minutes. Never clean key dates though. Leave that work to a pro.
How I ruined my first wheat penny with vinegar cleaning
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BottlecapBill
Senior Member
coin cleaning
I just don't clean anything.......lol.
I just don't clean anything.......lol.
dennis harbour
Full Member
vinager is only good for 1944 shell case copper pennys
woodstock
Elite Member
I've always used vinegar but very deluted maybe 90% water and 10% vinegar. Or cheap steak sauce if I want to clean wheaties. But I just did that to see if it works and it did fine for me. A jewerly cleaner might work with a touch of vinegar too.
But I really never clean any coins unless I can't see the dates cause there's a good chance they'd be ruined. Wheaties are just as nice with there patina in place.
However my late Uncle Joe could bring out dates on some no date Buffalo's by heating them one the stove and just when the turned color, quenching them in the sink. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it failed. But there nothing to lost if you try it cause there's no dates you can see if you don't. And a dated Buff is better than a no date. But I never tried it, I just observed him as a kid. HH, Woodstock
But I really never clean any coins unless I can't see the dates cause there's a good chance they'd be ruined. Wheaties are just as nice with there patina in place.
However my late Uncle Joe could bring out dates on some no date Buffalo's by heating them one the stove and just when the turned color, quenching them in the sink. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it failed. But there nothing to lost if you try it cause there's no dates you can see if you don't. And a dated Buff is better than a no date. But I never tried it, I just observed him as a kid. HH, Woodstock
