Coin Polishing Cloth

Coin Polishing Cloth: gentle care for bars, medals and jewellery

• Shine: With a little patience, tarnished areas become bright again.
• Gentle: fine, soft fabric for delicate metal surfaces.
• Versatile: for coins, bars, medals and jewellery.
• Brand: care accessory from Leuchtturm.
• Important: not for coins in Proof quality or with a mirror finish.

Silver tarnishes over time, and silver bars or jewellery also lose their fresh shine when exposed to the air. With this polishing cloth from Leuchtturm, you can gently bring your pieces back to a brilliant shine. The cloth sits ready to hand in the drawer and suits every collection in which care belongs alongside capsules and albums.

Why silver and other metals tarnish

Silver reacts with sulphur compounds in the air. This forms a thin, dark layer on the surface that makes the metal look dull or patchy. The change affects only the surface. It happens particularly quickly with pieces that lie in the open instead of in a capsule or coin pouch. With the polishing cloth, you carefully remove this layer until the bright shine comes through again.

How to use the cloth correctly

Work with light pressure and small movements. Hold the coin or bar by the edge wherever possible and check the result in the light from time to time. On more heavily tarnished areas, more patience helps, not more force. If you are polishing for the first time, it is best to start in an inconspicuous spot, such as the edge of a bar or the back of a piece of jewellery.

Medals, silver cutlery or a gold chain can also be cared for in this way. The blue cloth with the zigzag edge is quickly to hand and takes up hardly any space.

Which coins you are better off not polishing

Coins in Proof and mirror finish qualities should remain untouched. Their mirror-like surfaces are so delicate that even a soft cloth can leave fine marks. With older collector's coins, too, connoisseurs value the original surface, and polishing would reduce their collector value. The polishing cloth is therefore intended for bullion coins, bars, medals and jewellery, where a clear shine is what matters most.

Making the shine last

Ideally, place freshly polished pieces straight into a capsule, a coin pouch or a closed box. This means less air reaches the surface, and tarnishing sets in again much more slowly. Afterwards, handle polished silver pieces with cotton gloves wherever possible so that no fingerprints dull the fresh shine.

Leuchtturm, the manufacturer

Leuchtturm is a German manufacturer that has been offering collectors albums, capsules and care accessories for decades. The polishing cloth adds a simple everyday tool to this range: it is light and can be used wherever precious metal needs care.

Key facts at a glance

• Colour: blue
• Manufacturer: Leuchtturm
• Country of origin: Germany
• Condition: new
• Suitable for: bullion coins, bars, medals and jewellery

Care begins with the little things: a clean cloth and a quiet moment are all it takes for your precious metal to look as bright as on the first day again.

Give your bars, medals and jewellery back their shine and order the Leuchtturm Coin Polishing Cloth from Kettner Edelmetalle.