Cleaning £1 Coins advise.

[Acorn]

Hi All,

Since the old design of £1 coins are being removed from circulation I thought it would be fun to collect one of each of the designs which I have achieved.

These coins are for my personal collection and I am not looking to sell them in the future.

I was wanting them to look as good as they can be and shiny like the day they were minted.

Is there anyway to achieve this and if so what can I use and how do I do it?

I have been looking about but there are so many methods I am not sure what one to use

The end result I am looking for is ultra clean and ultra shiny

Many thanks

[1949threepence]

Sorry, but you're never going to get them looking as good as the day they were minted. Also, if you're serious about collecting  coins, you won't clean, and especially don't polish them, as you will substantially negate any potential future value, as well as their collectability.

My advice if you're going to collect the £1 coin series from 1983 to date, is to just keep a lookout for reasonable specimens, and retain the best you see for any given year, supplementing as necessary if a better one comes along. Clearly, you've only got a limited time frame before the old coins are demonetised, so you'd better get busy. Unfortunately, the one pound coin has probably seen more of a battering over the years than almost any other denomination. Hence many of the early years are now really looking their age.  

There are a number of varieties, and some are going to be more difficult to obtain than others. The 1986 and 1988 are difficult, and will be extremely tough to get in decent condition, unless you decide to buy, say from e bay.  

This Royal MInt link gives you all the varieties and mintages of the £1 coin.

Good luck. 

 

 

   

[Acorn]

Hi,

many thanks for the advice. The thing is I am not interested in the future value of the coin nor do I wish to sell them.

It is a collection that's just for me and my wife to enjoy for the years to come hence why I want to have them looking clean and shiny.

[Rob]

In that case, polish away. You aren't destroying a unique piece of history as the supply of these is never going to be an issue. It will however be an irreversable action and once demonetised, worthless as a collectable.