How to clean

[Diamantino]

Hi all just going through old South African coins I have and came across silver 50c and 1 rand coins for 1964-1971 they are a bit tarnished so how could I clean them to look new again ?Here is a pic of just 2 of them 

[Silverlocks]

Take a look on the interwebs for the baking soda method.  It sets up an electrolytic reaction that reduces the tarnishing back to silver.  There are quite a few how-to videos.

When the pros do it, it's called 'conservation.'

Edited January 7, 2023 by Silverlocks

[James32]

Pretty sure you don't clean those type of coins ( any collectable value over intrinsic will be wiped away) 

[Diamantino]

It’s mad to think that in my day the coins circulating were silver and so big . Nowadays they want to move to digital so you won’t even be able to feel the notes or coins no more . 

[Spyder]

3 hours ago, Diamantino said:

It’s mad to think that in my day the coins circulating were silver and so big . Nowadays they want to move to digital so you won’t even be able to feel the notes or coins no more . 

This is why it is best to use cash as much as possible rather rely on tap and go

[LawrenceChard]

5 hours ago, Diamantino said:

Hi all just going through old South African coins I have and came across silver 50c and 1 rand coins for 1964-1971 they are a bit tarnished so how could I clean them to look new again ?Here is a pic of just 2 of them 

Don't!

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[WizardOfSov]

I've used the baking soda/foil method on a generic bar where somehow half of it was tarnished and it just looked weird like that, it removed the tarnish a treat.

I wouldn't do it to those coins though.

[Spyder]

Technically, what are those two South African silver coins worth that everyone is saying not to clean them. How much value would be lost on those coin?

I can understand on certain coins, but why on these?

Edited January 7, 2023 by Spyder

[James32]

10 minutes ago, Spyder said:

Technically, what are those two South African silver coins worth that everyone is saying not to clean them. How much value would be lost on those coin?

I can understand on certain coins, but why on these?

Clean them and they are worth spot price. 

Unclean maybe spot + 25% possibly more

[Diamantino]

Thanks guys . These coins are more sentimental than anything else . I was collecting them way back in 74 . A friend of mine who has silver Kruger rands asked me to show them to him and I wanted to present them clean . Might just keep them the way they are. Adds character . Thanks again .

[gji25]

On 07/01/2023 at 15:15, Diamantino said:

Hi all just going through old South African coins I have and came across silver 50c and 1 rand coins for 1964-1971 they are a bit tarnished so how could I clean them to look new again ?Here is a pic of just 2 of them 

you Dont