Here's what to do—and not do—when cleaning collected coins. Chalk it up to the excitement of having my own money for the first time, but when I was a kid, I loved cleaning all of the coins collected ...

You know those pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters in your wallet have been passed around a lot. And that means they’re probably pretty grimy. You’ve probably accidentally washed a few forgotten ...

You're digging through a giant jar of pennies you've ignored for years, hoping to find something special. That's when it happens. You come across a rare Indian Head Cent from 1909, a coin that's ...

A weekly column dedicated to “digging out” current information about precious metals, coins and other numismatics. A question I get quite often from my customers is “what can I use to clean my coins?” ...

For many newcomers to the world of numismatics, tarnished coins may appear ugly, dirty, and worth a whole lot of nothing. As we have all learned over the course of our lifetime, appearances are not ...

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Eighth grader Kinley Harrison carefully works with a needle to pull up some dirt on her coin. She quickly learned too much pressure would scratch it, so alternated between the needle and toothpick on ...