Tip for those collecting pennys souvenirs

[Banzai]

I use 1/4 Cup Vinigar and 1 tablespoon salt. Let the pennies soak in it for a bout 20 min, then rinse, repeat, and rince again. They come out very nice.

 

[MICOL]

Just tried the cleaning recipe, it worked very well on the pre 1982 pennies.

 

[sonnyday]

Hi,
I tried the vinger but it didn't work for me ( I may not have let it sit long enough! I am always in a hurry) so I just dropped the pennies into my jewelry cleaner ( the cheap kind from wal-mart, in the gray jar, for silver) and instantly they were so pretty and bright!

 

[disneyfan551]

Thanks for the tip! I'm going to try the jewelry cleaner. I soaked my pennies in vinegar & salt, and they look horrible! I think that I let them sit too long... My luck!

We'll see how the jewelry cleaner does...

Only 11 days to go..... yippee!!! Doing the Mickey dance!!!

 

[StilesMom]

We were getting pennies ready for our trip next week and tried the vinegar solution for pre-82 pennies. It worked great!! BUT, when we tried to clean a few of our pressed pennies they came out horrible! They almost instantly turned black! (They were post-82 pennies.) There must be a chemical reaction between the acid in the vinegar and the zinc in the newer pennies. We scrubbed them and got them a little cleaner - but they lost their copper color and now look like dirty silver. So... DON'T use vinegar on newer pennies. Maybe I'll try the jewelry cleaner idea next....

 

[BounceyOne]

Thanks for the tips! My children just discovered these at the tail end of our feb trip. I don't mind though they are much cheaper then most of the stuff around WDW!!

How do you keep track of which ones you already have?

 

[StilesMom]

BounceyOne - There is a checklist at

www.liss.olm.net/ec