Best (and easiest) way to clean coins?

[emicen]

I throw all my nuisance change in a tub then cash it in periodically at the bank. Decided to get a big vase and chuck it in that from now and hit upon the notion of making the pennies shiney. Question is, how?

Since theyre not collectable coins I dont want to clean them individually. Just want to throw a handful at a time in to a tub, fill it with something, let them steep and come back to shiney 1s, 2s and 5s.

Cillit Bang is a bloody lie, it does not clean pennies like the advert, not in my experience anyways. What would people suggest?

[needs to be readily available from Tesco or the like, no specialist drain cleaning stuff or something only available through industrial outlets!]

[ukwill]

Can of coke. (left in for a few hours)

Edited by ukwill on Wednesday 26th May 11:18

[_Batty_]

brown sauce

[whitechief]

Tomato ketchup.

[speedchick]

Can of coke was my first idea too, and it doesn't even have to be fancy stuff, the cheaper stuff should do it.

[Political Pain]

HP sauce cleans all coins perfectly... but do you want a big bottle of what looks like a King Midas stool sample hanging around the place? Diluted Alloy wheel cleaner/lemon juice?

[soad]

Why clean them, too much time on your hands perhaps?!

I know i know, they'll be all shiny and that

[Beefmeister]

Crikey. I wish i had as much spare time as you!

[10JH]

What happens when you turn up to the bank with a massive vase of change?!

Do they seriously count it? Or do they separate the coins into each type and then weigh those?

[emicen]

soad said:

Why clean them, too much time on your hands perhaps?!

I know i know, they'll be all shiny and that

Normal coppers look bogging. Shiney stuff is nicer.

Time is the last thing I have on my hands, hence the requirement to throw it in a tub, leave it overnight/couple of days then rinse and be done.

[Justayellowbadge]

Ashes.

You can make them shine with ashes.

You worship God with ashes.




Should have known no-one would get it.

Edited by Justayellowbadge on Wednesday 26th May 14:40

[Stu R]

Cillit bang if the adverts are to be believed!

In reality, leave them in a glass of coke

[whitechief]

10JH said:

What happens when you turn up to the bank with a massive vase of change?!

Do they seriously count it? Or do they separate the coins into each type and then weigh those?

They tell you to F off and put them into coin bags.

[speedchick]

whitechief said:

10JH said:

What happens when you turn up to the bank with a massive vase of change?!

Do they seriously count it? Or do they separate the coins into each type and then weigh those?

They tell you to F off and put them into coin bags.

^that, and that's when they will actually accept them, my bank gets rather antsy about it, you have to be paying it into an account, and they will not ever give change out (what bank cannot manage a bag of £2 coins, a bag of £1 coins and a bag of 50p pieces???, even if you want to draw it out of an account in that format!))

If it's small shrapnel, then the amounts are £1 per bag for 1p and 2p pieces, and £5 for 5p pieces

[soad]

whitechief said:

10JH said:

What happens when you turn up to the bank with a massive vase of change?!

Do they seriously count it? Or do they separate the coins into each type and then weigh those?

They tell you to F off and put them into coin bags.

Aye, same happened to my brother who rocked up with his massive savings

Some banks limit the number of bags they will take per day, others will refuse to take bags of change at busy times.

I hear HSBC takes a different view. It has free coin changing machines in some of its branches (Barclays too). They count coins and credit accounts immediately. Is this true?!

[hooperpride]

soad said:

I hear HSBC takes a different view. It has free coin changing machines in some of its branches (Barclays too). They count coins and credit accounts immediately. Is this true?!

Yep, I'm thinking of re-opening my Barclays account just for this

[Davi]

soad said:

I hear HSBC takes a different view. It has free coin changing machines in some of its branches (Barclays too). They count coins and credit accounts immediately. Is this true?!

My local doesn't, and it also takes a very dim view on you rolling up with £60 worth of copper change, even bagged up

I'm just taking mine to Asda where they have a sorting machine. They take a few % fee for changing it, but better than having it laying all over the house or trying to argue with HSBC, or indeed bagging it up!

[TEKNOPUG]

Eh??? You just take them to a big supermarket like Asda and they have a sorting machine. You pour all your coins into a funnel, it sorts and counts them (spits out all the Lira and fake pound coins) and then gives you a receipt for the value, less a couple of percent. You then take the receipt to a till and you can redeem it for goods or cash.

I stick all my schrapnel in an old whisky bottle case. Usually get about £60 when full.

As for shining old coppers - that's bonkers! I'd suggest a home electrolysis bath using a car battery charger.....

beaten by Davi....

Edited by TEKNOPUG on Wednesday 26th May 11:51

[10JH]

You could just give it all to charity.

Though they might be a bit miffed at having to count it all out themselves! I'm sure they'd still appreciate it though.

[neneromanovagirl]

emicen said:

Cillit Bang is a bloody lie, it does not clean pennies like the advert, not in my experience anyways. What would people suggest?

You're not meant to use cilit bang on pennies anyway. Say on the back of the spray bottle....