For those who do coin magic, how do you keep your coins shiny and looking new?
And if you have old dull and tarnished coins, how do you restore them?

BTW, I am looking to hear your personal expereinces, not what you hear or read from books or other forums :mellow:

Thanks in advance

I use a small bottle of silver coin cleaner. You should be able to purchase that from any coin dealers. While it is formulated for silver coins, it should also work with any other metals. Well, at least with the cleaner I have. Make sure you test it first before dipping.

I use a pair of chopsticks to dip the coin into the liquid. I wiggle it around a little, and then I take it out and immediately run flowing tap water over it. If you have gloves, use them. Rub the coin under flowing water just in case there is still excess chemical left. It is very important to flush it with water immediately once you finish dipping. Otherwise, your coin will be tarnished.

If that should happen, just repeat the dip again. All hope is not lost. :D

I use Autosol for my metal stuff. A bit of buffing is necessary but they work.
Once cleaned up a badly oxidised set of Dynamic Coins (heheh, guilty :P ) . Turned out nice
I suppose they'd work for coins too but I've never tried them.

review for autosol :-
(yeah yeah, I know its a motorcycle website)
http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/reviews/AutosolReview.htm

Thanks. Interesting :-)

Brasso is a great recommendation. Gives the shine but don't make the coin slippery.

Great to have our coin master back! Welcome back Canbeef! long time no see u post man... stick around dude! Cheers!

Wash it.I got coins in the toilet and everytime it gets wet I would wipe it dry and it will look kinda shiny

just to say that I have tried autosol and it worked pretty well on some coins but not easy ... tiring.
will give brasso a try one day soon as liquid to dip might be helpful. I have some old China coins (Zodiac) which are rally black and it si so hard (as in slow) to clean :(
But as for anderson chow's method ... sounds the best but not easy to find and sounds expensive ...

Thanks guys

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Try putting the coin under your heel and spin it left and right with sand under your foot.

I would recommend using brasso, it is great for polishing metal, stainless steel, copper, aluminium and brass. Brasso has a mixture of chemicals that specially formulated to remove oksidation.

But for silver items, stick to silver polish.

The method I used is to apply one coating for the coin and then leave the brasso coating to dry for 2-3 hours. Use a clean cotton cloth and wipe the coin clean once the brasso coating is dry. You would need some effort to put a little bit of pressure on cleaning it espcially with stubborn stains. If it doesn't look as shiny as you like it, reapply and clean it a few more times.

You would know the coin is shiny enough if you can see you own reflection on it. :D

Remember to wash you hands with soap for a few times as brasso is a very toxic chemical.