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[JJtheRollHunter]

Hit about 20 banks and ended up with 9 40%ers and my first silver dollar. It's a 1973-S 40% Ike that looks like it has been in a fire. It's turning out to be a pain in the rear to clean. Any tips? I've tried eZest coin cleaner and a toothbrush and toothpaste making some progress. Any help is appreciated.

 

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[$ilver$urfer]

Great find on that silver Ike, I found one today myself! As for cleaning it...I am clueless! Sorry!

HH,

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[That Canadian Guy]

Baking soda and water cleans any kind of silver. Lots of people are against cleaning but I am neutral, if the coin is covered in crap I would clean it with baking soda and water. This cleaning method also removes tarnishes and possibly any finish that might be left on the coin but personally I think some tarnished coins look nice.

 

[Bigheed]

if it is really, really, severely tarnished line the bottom of a pot with alum foil

boil the water, remove from heat

add 1 cup baking soda and drop the dirty coin onto the foil, you may have to repeat a few times if it is really bad, but it will liberate most of the sulfate build up, you'll still need to polish it up after that.

somebody posted the recipe a while back, I tried it on some junk (since I am a chemical engineer it sounded interesting) and it worked more or less, but like I said you still need to follow up with some elbow grease like its Christmas time and mom has you polishing the sterling.

Happy Cleaning,
Bigheed