Metal Finder
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Can anyone tell me how to clean some wheat pennies. I've tried vinager and baking soda but still the coins look dark.
Can anyone tell me how to clean some wheat pennies. I've tried vinager and baking soda but still the coins look dark.
Whoa! Send 'em to me - even my LCS who lowballs, is paying 2-3X face on any common wheats!Unfortunately most dug wheat cents are not worth anything above face value unless they're in really nice condition or are rare. Most of mine get cashed in with all the other clads I dig.
Whoa! Send 'em to me - even my LCS who lowballs, is paying 2-3X face on any common wheats!
around here they buy them if they're NOT DUG. Most wheats I dig are TOASTED to say the least and that's why I don't save them.Whoa! Send 'em to me - even my LCS who lowballs, is paying 2-3X face on any common wheats!
If you think it could ever be of any value or are putting in a collectiong, then do not use any of the above methods. It will render the coin worthless. If you seriously want to preserve them in the best condition and value possible then there really is only one method thats 100 percent safe. That is using distilled water and very very light brush or tooth pick to remove any dirt. you want to leave the patina. You soak in distilled water over night then light brush or pick and then repeat the soak over night with new water. ONLY DISTILLED. these soaks on coins sometimes can take weeks depending on mineralization. its a lengthy method but 100 percent safe if your careful. all methods previously mentioned ruin any value that coin may have had.
I doubt that common wheats will ever become more valuable than common clad, at least not in our lifetime. But who knows?This is the only correct answer in this thread. Beat up your clad if you wish but protect the rest as described above.