Hot Pickled Coins

Do you own silver coins that have grime or tarnish in their crannies? I sure do. Take a look at this pile of junk coins I bought from an Ebay seller.

As you can see, most of these coins are pretty tarnished.  Here are the steps I take to clean up grimy coins.

Here we have 3 Walking Liberty half dollars. Notice the grime in the cracks.

First step is to heat up the coin to a dull red, and then quench it in water.

Here is the coin after pulling it out of the water. Lots of fire-scale; ready for pickling.

Next step is to drop the coin in a hot batch of Pickle.

The pickle will remove the fire-scale and leave a pristine white coin.

Next step is to use a brass wire bristle Dremel attachment to strip away the whiteness and reveal the prized shine.