what do you use to clean wheats

[stevew]

just wondering what to use to clean wheat pennies any suggestions???


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[montanagold]

I throw mine in the rock tumbler for about 10 to 15 minutes with epoxy coated fish gravel, then when they come out I coat them with a small amount of cooking oil and let them soak for a day. They come out perfect.

 

[Goes4ever]

heated peroxide is what I use

 

[Xmarks]

heated peroxide is what I use

I use the same.

 

[diggin jimmy hoffa]

heated peroxide is what I use

I use the same.

Ditto as well.

Also after the fizzing stops I take a Q-Tip swab and roll it across the coin to pickup any residual dirt. Make sure the Q-Tip is saturated with the Peroxide. Just did it this past weekend on a Wheatie that I thought was a key date. Turned out to be a 1910 so no harm, but it did clean-up very nicely.

HH
DJH

 

[hardrock]

Here is a tip, on wheats,indians,and other copper/bronze type coins. Put them on wax paper, get Elmers glue and cover the coins, let sit till dry and peel off,works well and you may have to do it several times but after that I put em in olive oil and soak for a couple weeks. No harsh chemicals,no grinding with rocks or such. There are some that just will not clean up due to chemicals applied while in ground,ie. Farm fields and fertilizer/ammonia,eats them up. Take care Hardrock

 

[Slay in IA]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uefteo6ruAs

 

[montanagold]

Not to say that putting a coin in the tumbler is right but I think they turn out looking pretty good considering. Not to shiny they just look good. I do it with my nicks and tokens to.

 

[Goes4ever]

Not to say that putting a coin in the tumbler is right but I think they turn out looking pretty good considering. Not to shiny they just look good. I do it with my nicks and tokens to.

wow that does look good! how many do you put in tumbler at a time? I might give it a shot

 

[montanagold]

I throw all in at the same time nickels and all, If they are real bad I tumble till I can see them but most of the time only about 10 minutes will do. Then I take a dab of oil usually cooking oil because that's all I have and coat both sides and leave them on the counter over night. The next day wipe off with a towel and they look pretty good. I used to clean my nicks with this long process that made them look like they were just taken out of circulation but got tired of all the steps. So I just do this so I can see them.

 

[sharpshooter]

just wondering what to use to clean wheat pennies any suggestions???


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I found approximately 4 to 5 hundred wheaties last year. 99% were common dates.
I refuse to spend any time on cleaning a common date wheat cent.
They go into the tumbler with all the other pennies at the end of the year.
Aquarium gravel with a little dish soap and tumble until clean.