Lemon juice Cleaning

[FLOOD]

I haven’t used lemon juice before but see a lot of posts that mention it. I found a really toasted Seated Dime yesterday that still has some funky dark stuff on it. I used a little silver polish on it after a gentle warm water rinse and tried not to scrub it as it is very worn and thin. The dime is in really bad shape but I was wondering if lemon juice might help clean it a little more? If so, what do I do? Soak it in a little dish? If so, how long, and then, do you just warm rinse to remove the juice residue? Thanks

 

[hoser]

Well keep in mind lemon juice is an acid and although it might help clean it up, it may also remove some of the detail as well. You could also try soaking it in olive oil for a while. That has worked for me and really doesn't do any damage to the coin.

 

[NikfromFarEast]

The most soft cleaner for copper is laundry soap. rub on a grater and mix with some water antil porridge consistence. And put the coin or othe staff inside for week or month

 

[Jamflicker]

Lemon juice won't do a whole lot to a silver coin to get it clean. You can try the foil and baking soda method described here: https://focusspeed.com/tips-cleaning-older-coins-tokens/ That's what I use for my bad looking silver coins.

 

[FLOOD]

Thanks Jam, that was a good article. I’m going to keep that page link for future reference