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How to Clean Silver Coins at Home (Cheap and Easy!)
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- Опубліковано 18 сер 2024
- In this video I show you how to clean your toned or tarnished silver coins at home. If you were wondering how to clean your silver jewelry then you can use this process as well. I learned how to clean silver with baking soda from watching youtube videos, But I was not able to find a video that presented the information in a fast easy to understand way so I made my own video on how to clean silver coins with baking soda for you to watch. Here is a list of the things that you will need to clean your toned silver at home: Toned or tarnished silver, baking soda, aluminum foil, a bowl, and boiling water. I wanted to show how to clean silver coins safely so I used gloves and was as gentle on the coin as I could possibly be. Thank you for watching my how to clean silver coins youtube video and good luck with the process yourself!
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Thank you so much for this phenomenal presentation! I’ve been a stacker for years and recently fell in love with the 90% Morgan Dollars of 1921. I’ve purchased many & I wanted one that looked new to carry in a plastic container in my pocket. I followed your video step by step and it looks as though it was just minted...even though it’s 100 years old. Thank you so very much for putting this out there. I did it very carefully, no scratches as all, and since I paid &16 for it (bought em last year) I figured it would be fun. Thank you so much!
An astute coin collector or dealer would know that it's been cleaned but with common date Morgans it doesn't matter much. I like the original toning, unless it's too dull. It's nice to have one with the original silver colour though and if it cost you only 16 bucks, then that's about current spot price anyway!😊👍
I used to carry a 1885 Morgan in my pocket every day not in plastic just in my pocket then for a while I switch to a silver eagle and now I'm carrying a 22 peace dollar just something cool to play with from your pocket when you're bored
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Just bought more peace dollars today 🥵🥵🥵 aren't they the best? I also love the Franklin and jfk half dollars.
Wish I'd started years ago and bought some gradually all the time
I have one from 1843
Glad you clarified this later- For numistatic (collector) value, you NEVER ever want to clean coins, it decreases the value as the scratches will show up. Leaving toning actually can INCREASE the value of a coin.
Agreed. I cleaned a single Mercury Dime, Liberty Quarter (worn date), and '64 Half Dollar to use as examples when showing all the other coins.
I love turning tarnished silver into shiny , beautiful metal ❤
Worked like a charm. After watching a couple of other videos I tried adding a little table salt to the mix. Wow! I got a 2002 Eagle today that was pretty badly tarnished (and beat up some, too) so I thought I would give it a try since it wasn't in what I would call "pristine" condition. It cleaned up very nicely, indeed!. I also got some 1/2 oz Walking Liberty rounds that looked like composites. They had copper like discoloration around the edges. The LCS owner assured me they passed purity on his machine so I tried the cleaning solution on them. Bingo! In about a minute they were all clean (I did all 4 at once). Thank you for sharing this video!
the table salt can scratch fine surfaces.
I use Dawn dish liquid & Hot water, I use it for jewelry also, works great!
Hi, do you rub the dawn on the coin or just let it set? It doesn't remove any Silver? -thnx
@@georgehofgren6123 NO...i have learned since then to NOT CLEAN YOUR COINS!! It can make them lose value.
I like the patina on my older coins it gives them a look of the proper aging, almost like a sign of distinction...
When I clean one once in a blue moon, I never rub the soda.rinse it off and do the process again. Never rub it.
Whimsymaker Yeah, rubbing isn’t my preference either. 👌🏼
Whimsymaker yes I know that process but that would have taken about 10 baths to clean this one 😂😂😂😂🔥🐉
I agree with the non rubbing method mainly if it’s a cull silver coin that you are cleaning to keep for your viewing pleasure, otherwise if it’s just to make nice enough to sell it as just a Stack of *extra* Beautiful Silver that’s not collector then go micro scratches galore
@@jessemoralless3620 This method works great on DMPL Morgan dollars! Ha! JUST KIDDING for anyone who couldn't tell! Don't rub baking soda on any Numismatic coin, only bullion!
Or just blow on it
I do this but no need to rub the baking soda mixture against the coin. Simply letting it chill in the pot for a while and then rinsing it with soap water usually works without the micro abrasions.
Milled Steel I tried that and it does work for hardly toned coins but this one would have needed like 10 baths 🔥🐉
Human skin has been documented as causing miscro abrasions.
Thanks Silver Dragons with providing us this simple, inexpensive and most importantly, a non-toxic method for cleaning tarnished silver. I have a few bullion coins that I have been wanting to clean for quite awhile. I will most certainly try this out. Cheers!
Mike T you are very welcome! give it a try! 👍🏽🔥🐉
Does this hurt the metal and decrease it’s value
@@honeycombmtg1368 No, it doesn't as the silver coins cleaned are bullion coins which carry no numismatic value.
@@miket2394 It's been several months since you commented, but I would like to add that while it is true that most bullion coins dont carry much numismatic value, some do. Depending on the mintage from a given year, or series of coin, they could have significant value, for instance the Mexican Libertad which typically sells for typically double or more than spot price depending on year of minting and condition.
@@honeycombmtg1368 Yes
Thank you for a very easy way of cleaning silver. I love how well and inexpensively it worked
After watching this video I used this cleaning method on some cull peace silver dollars.. really dirty, greasy, gunky, funky old culls. They all came out GREAT!! Thanks for this how-to!!
How dare you do what you want with you own possessions... I am completely outraged.... P.S. it looks great...
Joseph Martinez lol shame on me 😂 thanks 🔥🐉
Feel free to do whatever you want with your coins. They’re yours, after all. And if you damage them, it just makes the undamaged collectible coins that much more rare and valuable. 🙃
@@lkayh yeah i agree
Never cleaned my silver and probably never will!! The knowledge is always good to have, just in case tho!! Thanks for the vid!!
Roger S yeah it’s not necessary but I did increase the value of this coin slightly if I ever want to sell it 🔥🐉
I find it satisfying
What a fantastic, ingenious idea to reduce the value to total scrap
@Vildhund so leave them dirty and they'll be worth more ?
@@vildhund4763 lol it's a silver dollar bud, it's worth spot price plus a couple bucks premium, clean or not, probably worth more cleaned as it's a 2011 and shiny is easier to sell to the general public. Your talking about numismatic collector coins not 21st century silver bucks
thanks man, now my silver coin is looking gucci
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I bought one from a coin shop it's pretty dirty and a little dinged up but I love it. I wanna clean it up. Thanks!
This is awesome! I turned all my unworn rings back to silver! Now I just need to rotate wearing them to avoid them getting tarnished again! Thank you!
Good for jewelry, not. always coins as it can devalue them
I've been in the coin trading business/hobby for more than 30 years. Unless the coin has no numismatic value at all and you want to ruin it, like cast it in resin for display, I advise people to never, NEVER, EVER, EVER "clean" a coin. I've seen so many coins that would have been worth THOUSANDS of dollars have their value reduced by 90% simply by "cleaning" them. Serious collectors want a coin with its natural patina intact. In fact the natural patina often gives the coin much, MUCH more value than the silver coin itself. I've literally seen coins that would have been worth $5000 diminishes in value to less than $500 because of cleaning it. Any good coin dealer, like myself, can spot a coin that's been cleaned in 5 seconds, even if it's been cleaned using some magical "non contact" method. There is no way to clean a silver or gold coin without it sustaining damage. Period. I would SERIOUSLY ADVISE AGAINST cleaning a coin until you have it appraised. You might be surprised how valuable an ugly tarnished coin can be worth. To me, as a collector and dealer, I won't even consider buying a "cleaned" coin for more than "junk silver" prices.
Thank you, i recently got into old coin collecting and been using this method with the vinagear and salt method. It really works.
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Best comment!
Esoteric33 lol go back to sleep it’s gold 😂🔥🐉
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The only thing I would suggest NOT to do, is rub. I did this with a random Benjamin halve and yes, it did come out shiny however you can see heavy lines. Doesn’t look ideal. So as long as you don’t rub it’ll come out good
Use dawn dish soap with the baking soda, lubricates and lessens scratching
Will this help with the Milking spots?
yes it cleaned off my milk spots off my britannias
That was great to learn how too clean a coin like junk silver👏🇺🇸🍷
WOW just tried this and the results are phenomenal!!!! Thank you!
Shiny, shiny! I use this for all the dirty constitutional coins I stack. I have tried using a foil pie plate but found it more apt to leave a small dark stain sometimes on the most raised feature of a coin, so stick with actual foil. Sitting a plate full on a high vibration surface like a washing machine keeps the solution churning and will do a lot of the rubbing for you.
I am *so* glad you said NOT to do this with numismatically-valued pieces because I'm sure if you loupe in close, you'd see TINY scratches in it. It did a great job on that '11 Eagle. *rrrrruuuurrrrrrr* Get that looking about as good as new and then handle it on its faces with bare paws... killing me Smalls.
Thanks for sharing; I may try this with some amply-used war nickels... as you probably know, although containing Ag, those things get super gross to handle. Handle one roll and you already got casino paws (for you really young whippersnappers, slot machines used to take and pay coins, so when you sat at a quarter machine for a couple of hours, your hands were like you were a metal worker). I'm also curious if this same method would work on brass. I have a dresser from the 70s, and the handles are dk brown. Even with Brasso, they were taking 30min per handle to rub on and get shiny, and after an hr's worth, I gave up seeking an actual timely solution.
Would this work for nickel-bronze alloy coins like the canadian 1$ coin? If the coin turns gray due to the alliminum its okay for me, its just to do something coin its not going back in circulation
Such a beautiful metal🙏
Eventually I feel like these dudes who insist on having dirty disgusting coins will be outnumbered.
The coins natural age is what gives it character its different on every coin
You dumb Pal Those dirty coins worth mony ?Moran
making all the 1889 morgans shinny and smooth does not make sense... this is a 10 year old coin from 2011...its not supposed to be this dirty yet not yet, so cleaning it now makes lots of sense , but i dont think it makes sense to clean the 100 or more year coins acting like this adds value it could even subtract value, but it adds value to coins that are between months and 20 years old.
at Vild hund - cleaning up this 2011 here thats only 10 years old
this is fine right ?
i am agreeing with you i don think that doing this to really old coins will add value to them .
at Cotton Mouth Gypsy -
it depends though - if you think that its better to leave the dirt on the 1889 Morgan and the Dirt adds some intrinsic value
but if you are looking to sell all your silver coins just for silver value at what ever silver is, and not really selling to coin collectors but like silver dealers then get rid of the dirt, but like if you know people and your in the antiques road show and think i can sell this for way way more than silver value then leave the dirt on so its got to be looked at on a case by case base (cherry picked).. i know for a fact that cleaning this 2011 coin has added to its value though its just not old enough to need to be that dirty, 2011 does not even seem so long ago to me , Obama was president...im not even sure who was president from 1889 to 1921 when all them old coins were new.
I'm glad you posted this, I have an old liberty silver bar that has black tarnish on the ends.
thanks for the note about the 1879-cc Morgan silver dollar because that is what I was going to clean. glad I watched the whole video
Just did it! Worked like a charm! Took all of 5 minutes.
I love you man this works so well! As long as there are no white spots. I didn’t even have to scrub it was just soak!🙏🪙🙌
@silverdragons will rubbing with a cotton ball or swab be less damaging?
As if by magic.... very satisfying to watch.
I am curious; what's the aluminum foil for? Just baking soda and hot water (and possibly the addition of salt) won't have the same effect? Any chemists out there that can explain what's going on?
You can avoid scratching your coin by not rubbing the baking soda on it. This will require many more baths however.
If you have stubborn black tarnish that's silver oxide, not silver sulphide. Put the coin in an oven and heat to past 195C. The oxide will turn back into silver. The coin will pick up a yellowish tinge, but putting it in dilute citric acid will remove that and leave a gleaming coin.
Purists will disagree but my personal collection is full of safely cleaned coins I bought at bargain prices. They are both a joy to admire and behold instead of ogling dingy and often times unrecognizable coins buried under years of humidity, acquired surroundings, and abuse. Otherwise, let's just melt them down and restamp them.
Thanks! I too have a 1921 Morgan Silver Dollar and it worked like a charm.
that looks amazing! sorry, maybe i missed it but what's the point of the aluminum foil ?
many people value toned uncirculated dollars more than shiny uncirculated ones, especially rainbow toning.
Tarnex does the job every time with no scratches.
Very hard to find in some areas
Just dip it in EZ-est for 5 seconds, no rubbing (scratching your silver)
Something about cleaning up an old coin.
I honestly like getting a pile of dirty 90%.
One of my favorite things to do.
Yeah don’t clean 90%
@@RealAntek Why?
This is perfect for my 40% silver Kennedy half dollars
I found a 1988 silver eagle coin it's really dirty and it seems this is best method I will try this out when I buy baking soda tomorrow
Thank you so much, I’ve been looking all over UA-cam to find a helpful video. Cheers mate👍😃
Cool. 👍👍 Next time I visit my LCS I'll buy up some of the tarnished ASE's in his little discount box and give them a bath. 🛀
What's an LCS? And what's an ASE? Help out a noobie?
@@TruthFreedom1776 LCS local coin shop. ASE American Silver Eagle
@@2xrpm Cool. Thanks.
Very nice information... I'm just not comfortable cleaning because so many collectors and stackers just don't like it. And thank you for the disclaimer on the collectible coins.
Cash and Coins yes for sure not a good idea on rare coins but for bullion with little or no numismatic value you can actually increase the value of the silver by cleaning it because it can now be sold for retain as opposed to cull 🔥🐉
@@SilverDragons47 Thank you. I always learn something from you. Does the rain in Portland affect your coins? What do you do? Here in the South its very humid so I have those packets in with my coins but they still tarnish and milk spot.
Cash and Coins no I have my coins inside my safe so they aren’t affected 👍🏽🔥🐉
I’m not gonna pay you top dollar for doo-doo lookin coins. So there you have it. Very Respectfully, a guy that collects coins and precious metals.
Awesome video. Right to the point, no antics .. I just cleaned a Franklin that was grungy .. looks BRAND NEW! Thanks !!!!
great way to take all the value away other than the basic simple silver value. congrats
@@Jimmie_Tendies what in tarnation are you talking about. The coins I and referring to are simply junk silver they have no other intrinsic value other than their weight in Silver. What do you think I'm going to do find bag of ancient Roman coins and start cleaning them? Gtfoh Karen
@@woofielove1970
Bla ha ha !
I know , right ?
My mom left me a couple of silver dollars from like 1870 thru 1920 - I
used some cotton type cleaner called
“ Never- Dull “ that I had from when I was in the service .
It made them all pretty & new and I’m happy .
I would never part with them anyway .
Good video and glad you said don’t do this to collector coins such as Morgan Silver Dollars CC. By buying ugly toned silver coins you can save money because they are usually cheaper and then clean them at home. Just make sure they’re not valuable collector coins.
I thought a cleaned coin was a damaged coin. Impressive tho for sure. To avoid the scratches just keep repeating the process minus the rubbing
I’m not gonna pay you top dollar for doo-doo lookin coins. So there you have it. Very Respectfully, a guy that collects coins and precious metals.
Why do you use the aluminum foil and not just the cup instead?
yeah, I would be concerned that the aluminum would interact chemically. I think the reason he foiled the cup was to prevent staining. So find a porcelain bowl to sacrifice for the purpose!
How long will it stay clean and shiny for?
Holy Smokes..it worked! I wish you would publish a video that cleans headlights. I've tried about 5 videos and none worked. This one was great!
My wife sprayed Off mosquito repellant on our SUV head
Ights, then wiped them clean with paper towels. Worked great!
Thanks! This worked well. I had some mid 1800 coins that were of little value, but fun to share... now people can actually see them.
This guy is a true novice. Never, I repeat never clean any coin by rubbing it. There is a silver dip that is sold for sterling silver spoons and forks that will clean the professional way. Also, old vintage coins that are found by metal detecting and in water need to be de-funked in a different way. Look up on youtube.
Thanks for the info, does this work for jewelry?
Please listen carefully to what the videomaker says at 1:50: This (or any other cleaning method) should NEVER be done on rare or collectible silver coins. In fact, I used to collect coins, and very frequently a beautifully toned vintage coin (with a nice golden or rainbow hue, for example) can actually be worth significantly more than a non-toned (but uncleaned) coin of the same condition, date and mint mark! But a cleaned version of that same coin will be worth less than either of them. (I even heard of some collectors "baking" their coins in an oven in order to artificially induce toning.. I think you need to place the coin inside some kind of material prior to baking, but I don't remember what...)
Impressive result! 😲
SilverLimey 79 thanks! it works very well 🔥🐉
I have some pieces I have been wanting to clean, thank you for the info! Awesome 😎
Just tried this on a 2002 Eagle. WOW! You rock bro!
Congratulations for reducing the value of your Coin to scrap forever. Excellent job.
I have been doing my brass tumbler with corn husk and dillon polish added. Makes them really luster!
Any true collector will never clean a coin ! In most cases it will cut the value in half ! I’m glad you mentioned that !
I’m not gonna pay you top dollar for doo-doo lookin coins. So there you have it. Very Respectfully, a guy that collects coins and precious metals.
@@JM-xp8te 🤪🤪🤪
😱😱😱 Silver Dragons cleaning the toning off of an ASE what have we come to? lol. Seriously though, when it comes time to sell I know I can get $1 more per coin at my LCS for a BU one compared to a toned or "damaged" one so as long as it doesn't visibly damage the coin I'm all for a little cleaning.
John M oh yeah literally made money on this one for sure! slightly scratched is still BU and retail worthy for sure 👍🏽🔥🐉
What do you think about artificially toning silver? I personally think if it’s already “cull” then it can’t hurt the value much more, and that the sulfur toning can act as a camouflage to blend in the background any minor imperfections
Jesse Morales if it’s already damaged do whatever you want to it 👍🏽🔥🐉
Just make sure that the person who's buying your coin knows that you cleaned it.
I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU CLEANED THAT COIN?!?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? THAT’S AN OUTRAGE!
SUCH SACRILEGE. I’M, I’M COMPLETELY SPEECHLESS. 🤦♂️
😂😂😂
Actually, I like my method a bit better because it takes much less material, time, and doesn’t require any rubbing. But what do I know. 😜👌🏼
Yankee Stacking lol but your method doesn’t work on milk spots so I have heard 😏🔥🐉
@@SilverDragons47 I think if Yankee knew that I clean a specific type of silver I purchase he would not approve whatsoever. :-D As a matter of fact, I know he wouldn't.
@@SilverDragons47 wait, does this work on milk spots???
Wow! That’s impressive! I have some coins that where buried in the sands of Galveston Tx - I may try this to see if it works for clad as well! Great short video! 👍 Thanks for sharing this process!
Such an easy method, thank you so much! My three Lady Liberty coins were filthy as if you grinded up coffee upon them. ☺
can you clean gold coins with coke?
This is okay for the billion coins, but not okay for the valuable coins!
Ron Schneider YUP! Don’t ever clean your numismatic coins! 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Ron Schneider correct unless you enjoy ruining history and losing money 😂🔥🐉
very good video. Some people use q-tips for rubbing off tarnish. What are your thoughts on using q-tips?
This is the go 2 method I’ve used successfully in the past, however i don’t rub in the baking soda as it is abrasive and isn’t necessary, this method doesn’t remove milk spots but it does work on gold and will remove red spots. After the reaction bath I dip the metal in a distilled water bath to make sure I get all the baking soda particles off the surface otherwise they might dry on. I don’t own any constitutional silver, but if I did, I’d be super tempted to try this method on a few pieces.
Eric Sholomon the rubbing of the baking soda actually DOES remove milk spots completely... try it 😏🔥🐉
Silver Dragons I’ll try it
I've been cleaning my silver this way for years.. Now is I can find a easy way to remove milk spots.
Does it work for golden coins?
Wow this works for milk spots to? Cool
@@jennymeade8786 does now work on milk spots wish it did
Yes clean your silver i wouldn't clean my coins because they are new and in air tights but bars yes all these viruses going around and people still like touching dirty silver
David Muse never clean valuable coins but for bullion it doesn’t matter... can only increase value 🔥🐉
Silver is anti-bacterial
@@goldengun9970 copper bronze brass gold and silver and to some very small extent nickel zinc and steel coins are also very antibacterial. I always use my pennies dimes nickels quarters half dollars and dollar coins to buy gas food and paying my bills.
BEST, going to go clean all of mine now!!!!! Thanks!
will this work on gold?
I don't clean my silver. Sorry. I like the toning as it gives it character.
JM Engelhard I LOVE toning as well but natural toning not artificial 👍🏽🔥🐉
@@SilverDragons47 I agree with you there, my dear friend.
Other method I used is removing dust and tarnish with an eraser rubber by friction. Works really good without any chemicals
Also the soda powder could scratch the coin surface
Man i tried your method and it really works so easily y...thanks!!!
LOL, friction is what you want to avoid. You're going to get even more micro scratches.
LOL. I love all these extensive and damaging ways to clean silver. You can safely and turn out perfect silver with a nice ultrasonic jewelry cleaner… it’s what the grading companies use. However I can’t tell what they put in it but obviously water to start. It’s the industry standard. GL
I always love your videos.
Thank you for sharing this very amazing cleaning methods for old coin..i wanna try this.
Why would you devalue a coin by cleaning a coin
You make the coin almost WORTHLESS
BAD advice
um, it's not "almost worthless" it's still an ounce of silver. cleaning doesn't turn a $30 chunk of silver into trash
"How to kill the value of any 1oz silver coin worth more then $40 in less then 4 minutes" I'd say that's a pretty good description XD
I know we are not supposed to clean our constitutional pieces but they really do look soooo much better. Polishes are hard on the metals and this method is very benign. Nice post son !
Tomoko's Enterprize yes I love me some cleaned silver 😜 depends on the piece though... thanks for watching! 🔥🐉
Not sure what you mean by "not supposed to clean," unless you're talking about uncirculated rare coins. If you're talking about junk silver, then I can't see NOT cleaning it. The junk silver I have bought comes filthy, sticky, and slimy. Not talking a graceful aging process, but with obvious gunk in the recesses, and a sticky film all over. Who knows what kind of decades-old sweat, snot, and other hygienic outrages are contained in that slime? The only rational, objective argument that makes sense to me for not cleaning rare uncirculated or near-uncirculated coins is that cleaning messes with what can be called the "natural striking layer," but once a coin is obviously circulated, its surface virginity has already been violated. A little hint of tarnish in the recesses also can add to the contrast, and gives a gracefully-aged look, but some of what I see online about people who treat patina as sacred strikes me as a weird cultish fetish of filth, and brings to mind older men with hunched-over posture, who drive older peculiar luxury cars redolent of stale cigar smoke, and perhaps sniff young children's hair when they get the chance. I mean, who treats the bodily excretions of strangers as a necessary component of things they collect?
-- And besides, historical preservation in other contexts includes some cleaning and restoration, in order to keep a painting looking close to what it looked like to contemporaries, to keep historic buildings looking like they did when the people of the past experienced them, and to keep museum ships afloat and not rusting away. Imagine what Mt. Vernon or Monticello would look like if their curators insisted on keeping the original paint and wallpaper, and on allowing the sweat and hand grime of visitors to accumulate, in order to avoid cleaning and repainting.
-- More to the point, junk silver is expected to change hands in a couple of ways-- either as speculative bullion or in a post-SHTF situation, as barter-currency. Either way, would you want your parents or kids to be given filthy, slimy, sticky coins in those situations, covered with decades of human excretions?
@@grizzlygrizzle Very well said. I hear you on cleaning our junk. Bank tellers soooo well know how dirty every day money is.
IT ACTUAALY WORKS! THANK YOU! My coin looks like new. I'm subscribing.
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Never clean a coin!! Its a sin!!
Mine is a coin I had made for me and I wear it, just want it pretty and shiny again. I agree any valuable or collectors coins should be left alone! But this video really helped me get it shiny again
I NEVER buy Cleaned coins!
why? and how can you tell?
To expand your ingenious thought - you should also never eat from a clean plate. Eat dirty.
Cool science experiment! I have a silver charm bracelet---it's very old, from the 1940s or so. It's very tarnished.
the other day I used gunmout carb creaner on a old coin and worked great
The best video I've seen yet, that even brought back the glossy shine to the coin. Do you think this method would work with my coin bracelet (the coins are very dull) as well? Thanks again for this video. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍👍👍
I'm so glad I watched the full video because I was about to clean my old Morgan's thanks for sharing 👍🏽👍🏽
Wow! It actually worked. Hat’s off to you bro!
Very helpful, thank you so much for the upload.🙂
Right on time as always I got some beat up weirdly toned cull eagles yesterday I will be doing this
C Barrett Savage stacker go for it! it can only increase the value of bullion unless the toning is natural and beautiful 🔥🐉
Unfortunately the ASE is now completely ungradable. The rubbing with the baking soda on it creates microscopic scratches on the silver so now if you want to have it graded it will come back with harshly cleaned and maybe unc details.
I was impressed with your knowledge about not using this on some high end coins or numismatic coins.
Who is going to pay to have a random 2011 ASE graded? It would cost almost what the coin is worth if not more
I grab random ASE’s and enjoy handling them.
Same with junk silver. If they aren’t numismatic why bother grading them considering they are bullion?
I can understand an individual preference either way, but unless numismatic coins with value surpassing that of the metal content…clean away.
Does this same method work for pennies, copper or non copper?
Used this method, and yes it does work on silver coins like a charm!
Excellent way to reduce the value of your coin forever
@@keepitreal2044 silver is silver. don't get your knickers in a knot, nerd
So impressed with this. Im a coin magician and I work with walking liberty halves. This worked amazingly well. I was really surprised.
Good way to reduce the value to total scrap
@@keepitreal2044for 90% Walking Liberty halves? They are primarily used for silver content only.
No numismatics were harmed in the filming of this video…
For bullion and junk silver…why not enjoy them being clean and shiny while in your stack?
I did this and it worked I was in shock!
it really is amazing! 🔥🐉
Thanks for this tip - I found a 1921 australian sixpence coin that had been lying in the dirt/ground for yrs - now I can clean it safely.
Try other methods, maybe it's for collection
Yes. If it's worn it's silver value so what does it matter? Not!