How to Use Lighter Fluid to Clean Old Coins
Many people love to collect coins. The art of coin collecting is also know as numismatics. It can be a lot of fun hunting down a rare coin and extremely rewarding when you've completed a collection. Unfortunately, many of the sought-after coins can be extremely soiled due to years, and quite often decades, worth or circulation. And while collecting coins can be an expensive hobby, cleaning a coin with lighter fluid is cheap.
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Instructions
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Rinse your coins with water and soap to loosen and remove as much dirt and debris as possible. Dry by hand or allow to air dry.
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Put on your gloves and saturate your cotton ball with lighter fluid. You should be able to purchase the lighter fluid from your local grocery store.
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Rub the cotton ball over your coin until clean.
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Rinse your coin with water and pat or air dry.
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Tips & Warnings
If your coin is severely soiled, fill a small container with lighter fluid and soak your coin for a few hours.
Using lighter fluid to clean a copper coin (such as a penny) may cause erosion on the face of the coin. You can tell a copper coin by the color. The color is usually a brown and gold mixture.
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Jade Dragon
Nov 02, 2009
You did not note that cleaning coins destroys their collector value. Only do this if you do not plan to ever sell the coins to a collector.
