Although cleaning Indian coins is not recommended at all as it decreases their value, many people cannot resist when they see stains or blackness on their coins and very often look for some cleaning methods. Some of them are:
– Copper coins are commonly found in India. You can clean your copper coins with a little Heinz Ketchup and scrub gently with the toothbrush. Rinse it off with lukewarm water and apply some baking soda paste to give it a glowing shine.
– You can follow a similar step with another sauce known as the Taco Bell taco and keep it on for a few minutes. It also makes your copper penny pink in color.
– Another sauce that can be applied to clean the Indian currency is the Tabasco sauce. Follow the same steps as mentioned above.
– Mix salt and vinegar and put your tarnished pennies in the solution. You will notice that the copper pennies turn pink when removed from the solution. Wash them with water to avoid further reaction.
– A lemon juice and salt concoction requires no scrubbing. Silver and copper coins turn shiny when held in this solution. Afterward, simply rinse them off with clean water.
– The pencil eraser is also popularly known for bringing back shine and shine. You simply have to erase the blackness from the coin.
– A digital ultrasonic cleaner is an electrical device in which you put some warm water and the ultrasonic waves work. However, if your collection is purely copper it will light up, but if it is made of bronze it will not work.
– Many Indian copper cleaners are readily available in the market, they are a bit more concentrated and can clean your coins fairly.
– Low quality silver coins that are worth their silver weight can be cleaned with a cheap silver cleaner. However, medium and high grade silver coins are not recommended at all for this cleaning purpose.
– This method of cleaning Indian coins is used by most of the local coin dealers. However, numismatics generally advise using this technique only on low-grade coins and copper coins.
– Take some water and baking soda between your fingers and rub the coin. If it is a silver coin, 80% of the shine can be recovered. However, on a copper coin, you may feel a slight difference.
However, all of the above-mentioned methods are dangerous for your Indian coins and collectors are strictly advised to use these methods at their own risk. These methods can ruin your coins and cause blemishes. If you still want to clean them, risk only low-grade Indian coins.
