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bbillcee | 04-19-2009 10:26 AM
cleaning a gold maple? its a bit tarnished and i am new to coins should i try to polish it or leave it alone? thanx

Elvis | 04-19-2009 10:34 AM
Re: cleaning a gold maple? http://www.zwirnerandwirth.com/exhib...64%20ecopy.jpg

MaxGravy | 04-19-2009 10:35 AM
Re: cleaning a gold maple? Quote:
Originally Posted by bbillcee (Post 1684734) its a bit tarnished and i am new to coins should i try to polish it or leave it alone? thanx
Tarnished? Gold? I cleaned tape goo from a Maple by soaking in acetone and dabbing with a q-tip. It also worked to remove paint from colored GAEs. BE CAREFUL WITH ACETONE! SAFETY FIRST!

Irons | 04-19-2009 10:36 AM
Re: cleaning a gold maple? Quote:
Originally Posted by bbillcee (Post 1684734) its a bit tarnished and i am new to coins should i try to polish it or leave it alone? thanx
Hmmm, I diden't know gold tarnished.I do have some sunshine gold rounds with brown spots on them but I figured that was from the airtites they have been in since 1988.

TomD | 04-19-2009 10:41 AM
Re: cleaning a gold maple? Be careful, 999 is so soft you can easily do far more ascetic damage that you are trying to fix. Plus tarnish in a 9999 coin, 'sup with that? Gold doesn't tarnish. If it were a 22K coin alloyed with copper, like a Krug, I could understand. I had a 50 peso coin with brown spots.

OutlawJoseyWalesJr | 04-19-2009 10:42 AM
Re: cleaning a gold maple? Silver tarnishes but 24-K (Pure) Gold is not supposed to tarnish.

Irons | 04-19-2009 10:47 AM
Re: cleaning a gold maple? Quote:
Originally Posted by TomD (Post 1684749) Be careful, 999 is so soft you can easily do far more ascetic damage that you are trying to fix. Plus tarnish in a 9999 coin, 'sup with that? Gold doesn't tarnish. If it were a 22K coin alloyed with copper, like a Krug, I could understand. I had a 50 peso coin with brown spots.
You coulden't be more right on that. I have a 5 gram suisse bar I wear on a chain and I cleaned it and wiped it dry with a soft bath towel. Roops, bad idea the towel scratched it.:banghead:

diversified2 | 04-19-2009 10:50 AM
Re: cleaning a gold maple? Quote:
Originally Posted by Elvis (Post 1684737) http://www.zwirnerandwirth.com/exhib...64%20ecopy.jpg
QUIT it I will pee my pants!!!! :111::36_1_25::cry1:

GreenSpirit | 04-19-2009 11:00 AM
Re: cleaning a gold maple? Gold of that fineness definitely does not tarnish. Gold does not tarnish but sometimes gold coins alloyed with copper will develop what are called "copper spots." Do not Brillo your maple.

Malus | 04-19-2009 11:30 AM
Re: cleaning a gold maple? I grind off all the high relief so that I only have a flat surface remaining. Much easier to polish that way.

gold-finger | 04-19-2009 12:10 PM
Re: cleaning a gold maple? Quote:
Originally Posted by bbillcee (Post 1684734) its a bit tarnished and i am new to coins should i try to polish it or leave it alone? thanx
There might just be some grease etc. on it. Sometimes fogging it and wiping it with a very soft tissue can help. I have also submerged coins in bleech - which made them more shiny for a while however these were alloys (Sovereigns etc.) anyway. In one particularly bad case I had to use toilet cleaner to remove a spot on an alloy coin.

bbillcee | 04-19-2009 01:45 PM
Re: cleaning a gold maple? i should say not as shiny as my others! i just bought its a 2003 1 oz maple the color/shine does not look like the others i have........i weight it its the same as all my others thickness looks the same....could this be phony??

HomeGrown | 04-19-2009 02:15 PM
Re: cleaning a gold maple? Quote:
Originally Posted by Malus (Post 1684792) I grind off all the high relief so that I only have a flat surface remaining. Much easier to polish that way.
huh, not a bad idea :yes:

TomD | 04-19-2009 02:43 PM
Re: cleaning a gold maple? Quote:
Originally Posted by bbillcee (Post 1684922) could this be phony??
nope, side by side you'd notice big time. no worries---

j-son | 04-19-2009 03:04 PM
Re: cleaning a gold maple? Quote:
Originally Posted by bbillcee (Post 1684922) i should say not as shiny as my others! i just bought its a 2003 1 oz maple the color/shine does not look like the others i have........i weight it its the same as all my others thickness looks the same....could this be phony??
i sometimes search the web for counterfeit stories of gold coins...i havent seen any reports of fake maple leaf, fake gold eagle, or fake australian coins. the fakes are mostly krugerrands and sovereigns from what i've seen in gold.

HistoryStudent | 04-19-2009 07:13 PM
Re: cleaning a gold maple? Use the strongest WIRE brush you can find NOT! It will reduce the value perhaps 50% - but who cares right? :111::111:

RossL | 04-19-2009 07:39 PM
Re: cleaning a gold maple? There is nothing to be gained by polishing it. Just leave it alone.

twenty4karat | 04-20-2009 05:26 AM
Re: cleaning a gold maple? Quote:
Originally Posted by RossL (Post 1685256) There is nothing to be gained by polishing it. Just leave it alone.
Ditto! :smile:

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