restoring coins.

I have collected some state quarters ... How does one clean them and with
what? Open to suggestions...... Thank you

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 01:57:45 GMT, DONALD D & KAY WEBER wrote:
I have collected some state quarters ... How does one clean them and with
what? Open to suggestions...... Thank you

They're new. If you have dirty ones, spend them and get another from
circulation.

Clean them any way you like as they are worth face value only. Billy

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I have collected some state quarters ... How does one clean them and with
what? Open to suggestions...... Thank you

Because I'm assembling collections of ALL circulating coins, including
the quarters, I too wondered how to treat these circulated, but fairly
new coins so that they would be in optimal shape to last out the years
inside my new Dansco albums. I didn't want as yet unseen contaminants
like boogers, spit, skin oil or candy bar stickies to slowly react with
and ruin the surfaces. I asked the same question on another forum (not
this one), and Dr. Coin or something like that gave me this response:
Cautiously wash coins in warm soapy (dishsoap) water in a sink lined
with toweling. Do not let coins touch one another. Use only fingers
on the coins. Rinse well. Rinse again. Then again. Lay cleaned
coins on a cotton towel. Take each coin one at a time and dip it in
distilled water. Just swish, don't use fingers. After this point,
handle coins only by the edges. Distilled water removes the last
vestige of soap and the minerals in regular tap water. Lay coins on
fresh dry cotton towel and blot with another towel. When dry (handling
only by edges) place in final repository. If it's a Dansco, maybe
someone else can tell us all how to get the coins in without
demolishing the *&%*!* album!


DONALD D & KAY WEBER wrote:
I have collected some state quarters ... How does one clean them and with
what? Open to suggestions...... Thank you

DONALD D & KAY WEBER wrote:
I have collected some state quarters ... How does one clean them and with
what? Open to suggestions...... Thank you

Spend them and collect high grade mint state coins. You'll be glad you
did. They just look nicer and they won't turn an unnatural color like a
cleaned coin might.
They're so cheap--you can buy mint bags by the truckloads if you
wanted. ;-)