All About Gold

September 27, 2009

How do I clean those Gold George Washington dollar coins?

Filed under: Hobbies & Crafts — Tags: , , — @ 8:27 pm

Some of my gold George Washington dollar coins are getting tarnished and I am wondering what would be the best way to get them to a spiffy shine yet again. Don’t bother suggesting coca-cola or lemon juice – I tried those already and they just ended up with this corrosive finish instead of golden. =/

Any advice would be helpful.
I do understand that cleaning coins reduces their value to collectors. However, I am using them as props and am not retaining them for their collectors’ value.

Kendall

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6 Comments »

  1. An auto parts store and by some micro fiber clothes and by some polish them up.
    An auto parts store and some micro fiber clothes and by some micro fiber clothes and by some micro fiber clothes and polish and by some polish and polish and some polish them up.
    An auto parts store and by some polish and by some micro fiber clothes and polish them up.

    Comment by silly f — September 28, 2009 @ 9:18 pm

  2. DON’T clean them. It will get worser than now (advice from coin collectors). It will reduce value and it will get rusty.

    Comment by Big Ben — October 1, 2009 @ 10:26 am

  3. vinegar or lemon juice.

    Comment by Kierstin H — October 3, 2009 @ 2:04 pm

  4. The cleaned coin as you absolutely must be bright and readily available if yours dont risk scratching the coin metal place your coins most collectors prefer.

    Comment by Blue T — October 6, 2009 @ 9:03 am

  5. The sacagawea dollars and within months in my pockets turned black any cleaner will remove detail from the coin as buffing it up get some new ones and try not to the vending machine lobby.

    Comment by Taiping — October 6, 2009 @ 1:09 pm

  6. The way and rinse properly everything should go fine.

    Comment by bbooptoon1959 — October 7, 2009 @ 7:19 am

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