A different way for cleaning those dirty pennies

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  • simonm
    Member
    • Sep 2010
    • 6398
    #1

    A different way for cleaning those dirty pennies

    Not sure if you guys have heard of this, but I heard that putting a really dirty penny in a potato and leaving it there overnight will clean a bunch of stuff off it...so I tried I put a few in this morning and took them out a little but ago. Wow, were they looking better. (no before-after pics, I forgot, sorry ) so maybe you guys wanna try it. I know in some cases that cleaning the pennies will decrease it's value, so maybe try it on a normal penny first. If you want, you could post some before-after pictures, because I forgot to.

    have a good week




    simon
    My old coin album.
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    • RWBILLER
      Member
      • Jul 2008
      • 6870
      #2
      i will try it - we certainly have alot of potatoes around.
      roger
      Roger
      ""Time and Tide wait for no man"

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        • lineop3
          Member
          • Nov 2009
          • 3760
          #3
          Maybe I'll try it with a rotting potato. We love our taters round here.
          Hate to waste one on our budget.

          Aisha-

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            • RWBILLER
              Member
              • Jul 2008
              • 6870
              #4
              Aisha
              Thats a good idea - my grandmother always said if you just have potatoes - you will not go hungry! But seriously - i will try it.
              roger
              Roger
              ""Time and Tide wait for no man"

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                • celartu
                  Member
                  • Jan 2010
                  • 815
                  #5
                  Potatoes This is new for me and I if I need something to clean several pennies, thanks for the flash

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                    • kloccwork419
                      Banned
                      • Sep 2008
                      • 6800
                      #6
                      Originally posted by RWBILLER
                      Aisha
                      Thats a good idea - my grandmother always said if you just have potatoes - you will not go hungry! But seriously - i will try it.
                      roger
                      Thats no lie, I rememebr we never had much growing up but seemed to always have potatoes....
                      I wonder what a french fry will look like with a MAD clash on it..lololol

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                        • CCC
                          #7
                          What are the active ingredients in a potato vs. a .....LMC. Only a metallugist knows.

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                            • JeanK
                              Member
                              • Sep 2008
                              • 5696
                              #8
                              Regular potatoes and yams are in the nightshade family and do contain a bit of arsenic.
                              Jean

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                                • simonm
                                  Member
                                  • Sep 2010
                                  • 6398
                                  #9
                                  I believe that the starch in potatoes helps clean the stuff off of some pennies...
                                  My old coin album.

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                                    • jfines69
                                      Paid Member

                                      • Jun 2010
                                      • 28630
                                      #10
                                      I would think it would be the electrical action that can happen when copper and potatoes are combined... I did that experiment in grade school and was able to get electrical flow... The flow of electrons could be displacing the material on the coin... Kind of a reverse plating!!!
                                      Jim
                                      (A.K.A. Elmer Fudd) Be verwy verwy quiet... I'm hunting coins!!! Good Hunting!!!

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                                        • abe
                                          #11
                                          I've got to try this, I love tinkering...

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