Cleaned a buffalo nickel for the first time...

[RaZR]

I left the last buff i found (the one with the green blob on it) soaking in a yogurt cup of soy sauce for two days. It came out with no red color and no green on it. It does look kinda dry (i know that's not possible) and gray. But i could see the date was 1927 on it now. So cheap value soy sauce from wally world will do the trick. Just lean the nickel against the side and pour in the sauce. It'll get both sides.

[CODY]

Be careful about the use of anything with tomatoes in it. A lot of acid. Its strange how the human stomach can withstand things that metal can't. Here is an example. Take an old grungy aluminum pot and put a can of tomatoes in it. let it set about 24 hours. Pour out the tomatoes. pan will be clean and shiny.

[Fire Fighter 43]

Nice job with the Buf and thanks for the tips.

[SHIMMER77502]

I have a couple hundred dollars in quarters, dimes, and nickles sitting in a bucket that are too embarrassing to pass off at the grocery store so I decided to try the cleaning explained in this thread. I'm using the Braggs, took a handful of quarters and have been soaking/scrubing them for 4 days. I've seen a big improvement but it is going to be a slow process. Wish something was mentioned about the smell - I started out with the pan on the kitchen counter. Mistake. To anyone planning to do this, make sure you work in the garage or outdoors. Looks like this will work and will be able to drop the coins in my grandson's bank account after all.

Thanks Tanacat! Great information!

[RaZR]

SHIMMER, if those are just regular clad coins then you need to get a rock tumbler
some aquarium rocks and some dish soap for cleaning handfuls at a time.
This process is mostly for the older buffalo nickels and other old nickels that are red and toasted from being under ground for many years.

GL/HH