GOOD OLD COKE CLEANS PENNIES WITHOUT NEED FOR ANY OTHER CLEANERS. SOAK PENNIES IN COKE. MOVE PENNIES FREQUENTLY TO AVOID ONE  LAYING ON ANOTHER.  AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS WIPE THE PENNIES WITH COTTON CLOTH. THE DIRT AND GRIME WIPE RIGHT OFF.  IF YOU GET A REALLY DIRTY PENNY YOU MAY HAVE TO REPEAT THE PROCESS TWO OR THREE TIMES. AFTER YOU DO IT FOR A WHILE YOU GET THE HANG OF IT. CLEAN HUNDREDS OF PENNIES WITH ONE TWO LITER BOTTLE OF COKE.                                                                                                                                                               

REVISION 11/20/07 

I HAVE GIVEN SOME THOUGHT TO THE REVIEW I WROTE ABOVE.  THIS WAS IN ANSWER TO SOMEONE WHO WANTED TO CLEANS PENNIES QUICKLY AND CHEAPLY.  OF COURSE HI QUALITY POLISHES SUCH AND BRASSO OR MAAS WORK JUST GREAT IF YOU WANT TO CLEAN ONE PENNY AT A TIME.  THESE CLEANERS SEEM TO LEAVER MORE POSISHING MARKS THAN THE COKE.  LET ME  NOTE HERE THAT NO ONE SHOULD BE CLEANING COINS (ANY TYPE) IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM APPEAR MORE VALUABLE. THIS IS JUST NOT FAIR AND IN MY OPPION IS FRAUD.  I READ ANOTHER ARTICLE ABOUT CLEANING NICKLES WITH SPECIAL BRUSHES AND WHEELS.  THEY LOOK GREAT BUT WHILE THE AVERAGE COLLECTOR CANNOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE, THE MAJOR GRADING COMPANIES HAVE WAYS OF TELLING.  SO LET'S NOT DO IT FOR PROFIT.

NOW SAYING, THAT,  I CAN SEE NO REASON WHY ONE MIGHT WANT TO CLEAN UP A PENNEY OR NICKLE COLLECTION TO MAKE THEM LOOK NICE.(IF THEY DO SELL THEM HOWEVER THEY SHOULD REVEAL THE FACT THAT THEY WERE CLEANED).  ONE OF THE LATEST THINGS I DISCOVERED  IS TO  MIX SOME SALT AND BONAMI, COMMET, AJAX ETC IN THE FIRST SOLUTION.  MOVE THE COINS AGROUND FREQUENTLY AND ONLY LET THEM SIT A FEW HOURS.  RINSE THEM WITH CLEAR WATER VERY VIGIROUSLY AND THEN SOAR THEM IS COKE OVER NIGHT.  THE NEXT DAY RINSE THEN AGAIN IN LUKE WARM TO HOT WATER IN A BIN OR SINK.  COVER ALL THE COINS TWITH WATER BLUSH WITH SOFT SOAP RINSE AGAIN AND YOU CAN PICK OUT THE SHINY ONES THAT ARE TO YOUR SATISFACTION.  SPREAD THEM ON A TOWEL AND PAT DRY. LET THEM AIR DRY FOR ABOUT HALF AND HOUR.  I THINK YOU WILL BE PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS.  THOSE THAT ARE NOT CLEAN REPEAT THE PROCESS, AND OF COURSE THE REALY BAD ONE CAN BE ROLLED AND PUT IN A BANK OR CAN BE CLEANED MANUALLY WITH BETTER CLEANERS.

I HOPE THESE EXTRA STEPS MAY GET YOU BETTER RESULTS AND I STARTED OF BY EXPERIENTIMG.  JUST BE CAREFUL OF THE CHEMICLELS YOU MIX TOGETHER.

REVISION 1-14-09

IF YOU LET THE COINS SIT TO LONG AND THEY ARE ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER THEY WILL BE STAINED.  IF THIS HAPPENS REPEAT THE PROCESS WITH SMALLER AMOUNT OF COINS.  IF THAT DOES NOT HELP YOU WILL HAVE TO CLEAN THEM WITH A METAL POLISH AS MENTIONED ABOVE.