Mike,

I use one of those picks....did not know they are called "Gracey Curettes". I bought a set of dental tools, that included the Gracey, at Harbor Freight tools.

I don't know if Harbor Freight Tools is a national store but you should be able to find it online.

 Thanks for the info.

Leo G. Hernandez

602-359-9628

“If people are good only because they fear punishment,
and hope for a reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.”

Albert Einstein

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From: Michael Myers <mhmyers@...>
To: coinZappers@yahoogroups.com; AncientPeddler@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 10:21 AM
Subject: [CoinZappers] Coin Cleaning Instrument

 

I am posting this to both CZ and AP because I think it is important.

You read all over about using "dental picks" to clean coins. While these work to some extent, there is another dental instrument which works very well for many coin cleaning applications.

It is called a Gracey Curette. It I usually double ended and is fragile so your dentist should have a bunch of them that are unusable because one end is broken.

A picture says a thousand words so here it is in action. You can use the tip or the whole side:

http://www.mhmyers.com/coins/gracey.jpg

Michael Myers
http://www.mhmyers.com