The Product of an Idle Hour...Acetone, a Rose Thorn and Verdi Care and an Antoninus Sestertius

Besides the occasional use of acetone, I have never really been much of a coin cleaner.

Here is, however, a sestertius which I really thought could use some cleaning: the bright green deposits obscured much of the little reading obverse detail. Not nice.

Here are the 'before' pictures:




And here the 'after' pictures:

After rinsing with water, followed by 2 brief acetone dips, then picking at the remaining deposits with a rose thorn; and finally, localized 6-10 minute application of a few drops of Verdi-care.

I daresay I like the 'after' better:

 

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it may have saved it from further deterioration, i know when i clean mine they always look better to me.

 

That looks great, Eduard. I like that you left some of the deposits on the reverse to highlight the detail. Well done!

 

Thank you, John Anthony. You are absolutely right, I left some of the deposits on the reverse on purpose to better highlight the detail.
All in all I think it was an improvement.

 

Honestly I like it before. I really do like a natural patina that highlights the details which is often lost with cleaning. But, to each his own. It is still a nice coin!