I have old nickels just covered in copper-brown oxidation.
I"ve tried all kinds of things - lemon juice, coke, olive oil, distilled water, and on and on and nothing works.
Before you get all over me about the possibility of messing up the numismatic value - coins covered in rust colored guck don't have near as much numismatic value as you would think - even if they are XF in detail - how is the person going to see the coin through the stuff? I can tell that the coin has detail but if you put it on ebay - you woudn't get many more bids.
it might just be best to leave them as is, because it seems that most methods are just too harsh on the coins. I dont' want to ruin them.
most are V nickels - and most are xf details but covered in rust colored oxidation - quite heavy.
a few flying eagle cents also xf details, and a few 3 cent pieces. The flying eagles may be higher grade, but have the heaviest corrosion.
what should I do with these?
thanks
2007-09-17
23:05:39
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