How to clean them old nickels!...........

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

First let me say don't clean a valuable coin! Ok now that the disclaimer is out of the way. I got this method from a friend on another site. Phil from IN. It works very well! You take that old nickel and soak it in ketchup for a few hours. Put a tooth pick or something else under it so the ketchup will get underneath as well.
After a few hours rinse it off then put some baking sada on it while it is still wet and scrub with a toothbrush. If it is still rusty looking do it again. Here are my before and after results!

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Here is the cleaned 1910 next to an un-cleaned 1892!

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[Pete in MI]

n/t

 

[steve in so la]

I have had luck with this method also. Not any oldies tho, Steve in so az