Before You Start Cleaning Pennies With Vinegar, Baking Soda Or An Eraser...

Cleaning pennies is usually a bad idea. Cleaning ruins any value the penny may have had. Many of the things used to clean coins harms them.

Coin Cleaning 101 - How To Clean Your Coins

You may be wondering about coin cleaning. Should you clean your coins? Here is some insight on cleaning coins as well as a couple tips on when you should and should not clean your coins.

Coin Q&A: Answers To 5 Common Coin Questions

These are among the most popular questions we receive here at The Fun Times Guide to Coins...

Should You Clean Coins Or Not? (Hint: NO!)

If a coin is bright and shiny because it was well preserved or just came from the Mint, that is a good thing. However, if a coin is bright and shiny because it was cleaned by an amateur, that is a whole different story. Cleaning a coin generally lessens its value.

Tips For Cleaning Coins: How To Clean The Old, Dirty Coins In Your Collection

Wondering how to clean coins? Have some old coins that are in serious need of a cleaning?... Only low-grade extremely dirty coins will benefit from a good cleaning. Medium- and high-grade coins will actually go down in value if you attempt to clean them, so use your best judgment. Here are the best ways to clean coins, while doing the least damage to the coin itself.

Beginner Coin Collecting Tips: Basic Items Every Coin Collector Needs

What tools and supplies do you need to start collecting? Here's a basic guide to the top 5 things you'll want to have, if you plan to start a coin collection.

Rare U.S. Coins: Which Nickels, Pennies, Dimes & Quarters To Keep

I did a little research to find out which U.S. coins are actually worth something these days. Here's some of what I found... which coins to keep and which are worthless.