Cleaning success

I have been collecting for 15 years, there are people here who have undies older than that, (Bing) and people here who have been collecting longer than I have been alive, some even close to double. There is not a day that goes by I do not learn something. I still consider myself a "noob." As I go about in this hobby, I realize how little I know, how much I have to learn and how short my life really is.

 

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And you will learn so much more if you will only listen to Matty.
Going to bed.......

 

Agreed, the luster is gone now ;-)

 

psst....let me tell you something, listen closely...







ANCIENT COINS CAN BE CLEANED!!!

Seriously? It hasn't had luster for almost 1700 years...

It reeks of ignorance in this thread. Wow...

 

"Cleaning it makes it less valuable people would give only a dollar for it I would"



Knowledge is power Mat, just keep yours ears open and your mind clear and you will learn a lot. I certainly did.
Best
~DNMAG MAXIMVSPFAVG

 

I do often wish I started collecting 10, maybe 20 years earlier. I'm never going to get out of noob-hood at this rate.

 

Please read the rules in case you haven't or some have slipped your mind. Any intent to make fun of a member or member's comments will not be acceptable. You can debate the comments or coins, but not the individual members. Jim

 

Gem is right. It is important to realize that however apparently bizarre or preposterous an opinion might be it should be respected. The person represents at least some percentage of the collecting populous. If their logic is flawed (hilarious) it should corrected with constructive information and popular opinion.

As far as the cleaning job: Pish is nothing short of a magician. I would find it beneficial if you posted a detailed step by step procedure. Congrats and Kudos.

 

I just got in from a meeting and I'm still laughing. Great thread.

BTW Anoob, you're right. I have underwear older than that.

 

It's a wonderful cleaning job!

I might suggest that we remember that some of the posters on this forum are quite young and inexperienced. It's much more effective to explain things to young people in a polite and gentle manner.

 

Almost forgot to say, that certainly is a great improvement Pish, well done! Reminds me of my own cleaning success story.

My Venice mint Carolingian denier:

 

Ok, serious question, now that we're all done laughing. Wouldn't using a very stiff brush, like the silver-bristled brush mentioned previously, risk removing some desirable patina along with the green crud and dirt?

If this seems like a silly and/or basic question, forgive me. The closest I've gotten to owning an ancient coin was holding a few in my hand at a show.

 

The only silver bristle brush I am aware of are toothbrushes which have plastic bristles coated with nano-silver particles and would still have the hardness factor of the polymer, but after all it is an ancient The nano-silver is suppose to kill bacteria as you brush. I would like to see a peer reviewed article on that.

 

Awesome pish, great outcome, if its the same stuff i heard about do be careful it can ruin a coin real fast!! as for cleaning i use a rock tumbler and my coins awesome.

 

That blanket statement doesn't apply to ancients all the time Matty. Collecting since you were seven? So being 10 yrs old, that puts your experience at 3 years?

 

And to the OP, phenomenal job. I am formally requesting picture documentation of your process now.

 

Fantastic job my man! Black magic involved? You turned a nasty piece into an almost restored jewel.....

 

@desertgem Here is a picture of the silver brush, it is not a toothbrush and I don't know if it contains any nanites but it is very very soft.

 

I have lost track of who I have told, if you want the cleaning details PM me.

 

Your face value for that particular coin is with 1000 to 2000 dollars I googled it