clenaing pennies didn't work.

mm · 2011-02-27T05:58:16+00:00

So I had some dirty pennies, plus one each of a nickel, dime, andquarter, that were dark or had white or even blue stuff on them. Somehad been sitting in water somewhere maybe. And following the dictum, google is your friend, I didn't ask herewhat to do, but looked it up How to clean dirty pennies, dimes.And it said use vinegar and salt, and I did, and the worst ones lookbetter now, but the rest of them look worse!! They all have white"powder" stuck to them, and it doesn't come off. So I rinsed them inwater again (even though I'd rinsed them plenty after the vinegar.)BTW, none of the pennies came out shiny, like the web pages said itwouldIs it because I didn't use white vinegar? I used cider vinegar.Surely that's okay. Not enough salt. What should I do now? Can I take them to the bank and then it will bethe bank's problem? What about the mint? Don't I owe society morethan that?I'm going to buy some Cherry Zero Coke tomorrow. Will that help? DoI have to omit the Cherry? (I remember that diet works as well aswith sugar)Thanks.