How to clean moldy coins from basement?

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Re: How to clean moldy coins from basement?

#11 Unread post by Earle42 »

He can go for it. The green will be gone, but the corrosion pits still in the coins.

The concept we are saying here is that the damage will always be there. There is no way to restore them to have nice smooth non-damaged surfaces again😒.

Its like if you have a rusty and pitted tool, you can get rid of the rust, but the pits are there to stay. Unless yuo sand them off. And in this case, sanding the coins will erase a lot more details.
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#12 Unread post by Earle42 »

He can go for it. The green will be gone, but the corrosion pits still in the coins.

The concept we are saying here is that the damage will always be there. There is no way to restore them to have nice smooth non-damaged surfaces again😒.

Its like if you have a rusty and pitted tool, you can get rid of the rust, but the pits are there to stay. Unless yuo sand them off. And in this case, sanding the coins will erase a lot more details.
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Re: How to clean moldy coins from basement?

#13 Unread post by dbader »

Thanks Guys.
That's kind of what I figured but I just wanted to throw the question out there anyway.. loI

I'll just put them in the foreign coin pile... lolol

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#14 Unread post by Ken McKinley »

Does this set have the 36 one dot penny or the 53 shoulder fold?

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