How do you clean rust off of a coin?

Question

I am not a collector and i am just doing an experiment to see which ways work the best, So i do not care if the value of the coin decreases. Thank You for all you answers

Answer 1

get this tile cleaner called easy off BAM! it works ive tried it

Answer 2

Pepsi? I have heard that it does that.

Answer 3

louisiana hot sauce....try it i swear4 it works

Answer 4

Place it between your buttcheeks for two days.

Answer 5

Put coke and vinegar in a cup with the coin in it. That should clean off the coin.

Answer 6

try BRASSO

Answer 7

KABOOM!

Answer 8

vinegar works great

or the oxy-clean thing the guy on tv advertises

Answer 9

you need an acid so try vineger or lemon juice. put some in a paper cup and drop the coin in there. add some salt and it should come off.

Answer 10

electrolosys (attach the negetive side to an OXIDISED coin)

or

acid (lemon juice, hot sauce, some drain cleaners, or straigth up mineral acids like HCl, H2SO4, NHO3 etc)

it also depends on the coin, silver coins build silver sulphate coatings

most "silver" coins today are not silver though, im sure different countries make them of different metal too

Answer 11

American coins do not rust ( except the old steel pennies). They may tarnish, but they do not rust. To remove tarnish, try Flitz.