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G'day everyone
Just thought I'd share the results of many hours experimenting with different methods of cleaning old copper coins. After coming to the conclusion that boiling them in motor oil worked best, I still wasn't happy.
I found my oldest coin to date on Saturday at a racecourse not far from Bundy, that was built in the late 1800's. The coin is an 1866 penny.
I was impressed with the results that others have had with "Andre's pencils" and started scraping away with a bamboo kebab stick. To cut a long story short, I ended up with a piece of kebab stick in my dremel (due to my impatience).
Here's the results.
Here's a few more I did plus one that I left half untouched for comparison.
And the dremel.
Thanks for looking.
Darren
Just thought I'd share the results of many hours experimenting with different methods of cleaning old copper coins. After coming to the conclusion that boiling them in motor oil worked best, I still wasn't happy.
I found my oldest coin to date on Saturday at a racecourse not far from Bundy, that was built in the late 1800's. The coin is an 1866 penny.
I was impressed with the results that others have had with "Andre's pencils" and started scraping away with a bamboo kebab stick. To cut a long story short, I ended up with a piece of kebab stick in my dremel (due to my impatience).
Here's the results.
Here's a few more I did plus one that I left half untouched for comparison.
And the dremel.
Thanks for looking.
Darren