Many coin dealers and collectors will tell you not to clean your coins. I beg to differ. Sometimes you just get a nasty looking coin and feel gepelled to bust open a bottle of soap and clean away. I'm here to stop you from doing that. I regemend you use extra virgin olive oil. Leave the diry coin in a closed bottle of olive oil for about one week. After that, you wait one week, rinse off the coin with distilled water that is about 88 degrees farenheit. After rinsing the coin, grab a pair of gloves if the coin is really old, and dowse with rubbing alchohol to create a quick evaporation of the distilled water. You definitely do not want to leave distilled water on the coin to air dry. This will create an undesired tarnishing effect should the coin be made out of silver, bronze, or copper.
Here's what not to do:
Rinse your dirty coin with soap and chlorinated water
Scrubbing the coin with a dish rag and rinsing with bleach
Leaving your coin in a bucket of bleach
Using an electrolysis to clean your coin
It truly amazes me to see the creative ways people accidently destroy the value of your coins.
Remember, think Italian, Think OLIVE OIL
Olive oil has a naturally tendency to absorb dirt for some reason. That's pretty nifty, cheap and the safest way to clean a coin.
DO NOT DIP YOUR COINS IN THE SILVER CLEANER FROM WALMART. That little silver colored jar from Wal-Mart for about $4 bucks will destroy your coins value very quickly in about under 10 seconds.
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