A couple of days ago I posted about some really nasty looking 1964 Kennedy half dollars. Two of them came in a lot of scrap Sterling silver, and they looked bad. I joked they had been through a nuclear apocalypse. They were so bad I pulled out my Sigma to test them and confirmed they are real.
They had some really nasty stuff on them. I'm thinking it was old glue or something and they were originally used in maybe a coin display.
Gross, right?
Well, I got out a small glass candy dish and let them soak in isopropyl alcohol for a day. Since these coins really don't have numismatic value, I used q-tips to start scrubbing away the gunk. I don't recommend this for numistmatic coins as doing this will scratch them. If you have a coin with numismatic value needing cleaned, your best option is to send them to be professionally graded to preserve them.
Some of the gunk came off, so I was hopeful. I let them soak in a new batch of isopropyl alcohol for another day. I managed to clean the rest of the gunk off, and now they look much better!
Now they're ready to go into the stack. It was a little bit of work, but absolutely worth it. It's a night and day difference! And remember: friends don't let friends put gunk on their coins. 😉
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