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WARNING: never clean highly collectible coins and rare key date coins.

The following silver coin cleaning content is for you to learn how to clean silver coins that are common dates and not highly rare of numismatically collectible.

Cleaning Silver Coins: Which Kinds are OK to Clean?

We are explaining how to for instance gently clean an oxidized older common 1 oz American Silver Eagle coin, 1 oz Silver Rounds, older silver bullion bars, or common pre-1964 90% US Silver Coins.

Why Clean Silver Coins?

Silver reacts to open air readily with sulfur or hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and thus produces silver sulfide (Ag2S), a dark-colored compound familiar as the tarnish on silver coins and other sterling silver objects.

Often older formerly circulating 90% US silver coins are purchased by bullion buyers for their low premiums and due to the fact that there are lessoning populations of them each and every year we move forward in time.

The problem is most of these older ‘junk silver coins’ are covered in tarnish, dirt, and the grime of our forefather’s hands. They often have a sticky film on them and leave a sour smell on your hands after touching them.

By the way, cleaning silver coins is a divisive topic in the silver bullion and silver coin buying community. About half the crowd hates the idea of it, while the other half hates having dirty tarnished coins. We’re here to help the latter half of the readers learn how to clean silver coins (common versions) with easy household items.

Often bullion buyers and Pre1964 US Silver Coin buyers choose to lightly clean silver coins using non-destructive methods we will cover here. We’re going to show you various methods for restoring tarnished silver coins to a more illustrious shine without ruining their values.

Cleaning silver coins that are not ‘key dates’ or of high numismatic collectibility is an easy process.

There are a few simple processes you can do at home not only for cleaning silver coins easily but also for cleaning silver items like .925 silverware or other silver jewelry items.

WARNING: again, never clean collectible Numismatic key date coins. Their tarnish and toning add value, cleaning them strips them of their price premiums amongst rare coin collectors.

WARNING: The following 2 methods of easy common silver coin cleaning produces sulfuric fumes you should not inhale in high volumes.

How to Clean Silver Coins: Baking Soda Method

Ingredients and Tools Required:
Dirty non-numismatic silver coins or other sterling silver items, aluminum foil, baking soda, hot water, a container to soak them in, latex gloves, a disposable toothbrush or small brush to enhance results, open air as the fumes extrapolated are toxic in high volumes, an additional container of clean water to rinse with, and some towels for drying out freshly cleaning silver coins or silverware.

Steps to Cleaning Silver Coins with Baking Soda

Step #1: Line a container with Aluminum Foil (shiny or dull side, doesn’t matter).
Step #2: Sprinkle some Baking Soda on the foil.
Step #3: Add Tarnished Common Date Silver Coins.
Step #4: Add Hot Water to cover the coins fully, then add more Baking Soda covering the coins. Let sit for five minutes.
Step #5: With latex covered gloves extract the silver items and additionally with a toothbrush or dry towel rub away any tarnish and grime. Here you can choose to perhaps apply additional baking soda applications and rounds soaking in the hot water with aluminum foil.
Step #6: Fully Rinse after Cleaning Silver Coins with Cold Water.
Step #7: Inspect Your Coins.

How to Clean Silver Coins: Fabric Softener Method

Ingredients and Tools Required:
Dirty non-numismatic silver coins or other sterling silver items, aluminum foil, liquid fabric softener, iodized table salt, hot water, a container to soak them in, latex gloves, a disposable toothbrush or small brush to enhance results, open air as the fumes extrapolated are toxic in high volumes, an additional container of clean water to rinse with, and some towels for drying out freshly cleaning silver coins or silverware.

Step #1: Line a container with Aluminum Foil (shiny or dull side, doesn’t matter).
Step #2: Sprinkle some Fabric Softener Liquid and Iodized Salt onto the foil.
Step #3: Add Tarnished Common Date Silver Coins and other Silver items.
Step #4: Add Hot Water to cover the silver coins fully, then add more. Let sit for five minutes.
Step #5: With latex covered gloves extract the silver items and additionally with a toothbrush or dry towel rub away any tarnish and grime. Here you can choose to perhaps apply additional baking soda applications and rounds soaking in the hot water with aluminum foil.
Step #6: Fully Rinse after Cleaning Silver Coins with Cold Water.
Step #7: Inspect Your Coins.

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