Don’t be afraid. We are not going to speak about every day cleaning. We will speak about cleaning silver coins. The first thing you MUST know is that cleaning silver coins is very different to cleaning the silver, I mean jewelry. Many families have their own traditions of cleaning silver dishes. In many films you saw how the servant was sitting at the kitchen table cleaning the silver. It was an ordinary weekly activity, and even necessity.

Many silver coin-collectors have similar questions about cleaning their coins. The first question is …