Cleaning Coins

Hello, I am new here and I apologize in advance as I am sure this has been discussed a few times.  I don't have a large collection of coins (I collect many things) but I recently purchased these from a friend and I was wondering if there is a safe way to clean them to make them easier to see, or is it best to leave them as is.  I believe they are made of zinc?

Thank you in advance.

Hello. Welcome to Numista! They look very good for zinc coins. Don't touch them. they cannot be improved.  

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Thank you, I figured it was best to leave them alone but wanted to double check.

danm04

Hello, I am new here and I apologize in advance as I am sure this has been discussed a few times.  I don't have a large collection of coins (I collect many things) but I recently purchased these from a friend and I was wondering if there is a safe way to clean them to make them easier to see, or is it best to leave them as is.  I believe they are made of zinc?

 

Thank you in advance.

Zinc is a to brittle metal to really do anything to undo age based issues (nearly impoasible to clean)

Thank you, that is good to know.