How to shine pressed pennies???

[pnelson]

Some of my pressed pennies are a bit dull, actually some of them also got wet when my son took them in the bathtub. What can you use to shine them up??

 

[jenbren]

My daughter's preschool class cleaned really old dark pennies and I was amazed how well they came out! What they did was put the pennies in a little dish, covered them with table salt and then poured vinegar on them to cover. They let them sit a while and then rinsed and wiped them and they looked great. Some need more time then others in the solution and you can use your finger to rub the salt a bit to take off tough spots.

 

[DisneyWorldDad]

Here in the south we have a hot sauce called Texas Pete. (Not sure if it is available nationwide) Tabasco Sauce would probably work as well. Put some of this sauce on a penny and watch it shine like new! It is probably the vinegar doing the trick.

 

[mary01]

We used silver polish to shine them up.

 

[I Love Tigger]

Hi

Try soaking them in Coca Cola for a while, that seems to clean them up, if they are really bad try overnight.

Paul

 

[Beverly Lynn]

ah so there is a reason for coke after all!LOL I used the slat and vinegar trick it also works beautifully on the bottems of a copper pot! also vinegar and baking soda works too!

 

[nativetxn]

When my son was a little boy (so long ago) he used catsup to shine pennies. It worked, too.

 

[pooh2001]

I use just vinegar. I place the pennies in vinegar in a shallow bowl - let sit for 5 minutes
and wash them off.

What does the salt (NaCL) do ? I thought salt was neutral (Ph of 7).

Vinegar is an acid.

If salt is just an abrasive- you could use sand too !

 

[ThumperThistle]

Soak the coins in Cola it works ever time.