Coin Conservation Books

Can anyone recommend a good book on coin conservation? I'm not going to get into cleaning coins, but I'd like to read up on the restoration processes the conservators used. Thanks.

 

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Doug,
I've come up empty with all my searches too. Just wondering how they learned their craft.

 

They sell their eternal souls to Lucifer and he teaches them this most foul alchemy.

 

http://www.ncscoin.com/pdfs/conservation_guide.pdf

 

Look after the Pennies: Numismatics and Conservation in the 1990s by Dana Goodburn-Brown, Julie Jones
Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, Vol. 40, No. 1 (Spring, 2001), pp. 73-74

 

Thanks CBD, that was the article I read yesterday that got me so interested in the topic.

 

http://www.digbible.org/restoration.html

 

http://links.jstor.org/journals/00393630.html

 

Glad to see your stuck on a subject. When we repeat ourselves over and over and over, we show lack of originality. But then .............

 

If you go to Google and type in Coin Resource or Coin consevation, you will be directed to a web site specifically for that subject. There may well be a book by that organization from Coin Resource.

 

Here are a few more resources on the subject:




Cleaning and Preservation of Coins & Medals, 1st Edition. Durst Publications
http://www.rarecoinbooks.com/product_detail.asp?product_id=3092

Coin Chemistry, 2nd Edition. American Sports Media
http://www.rarecoinbooks.com/product_detail.asp?product_id=3093

 

I would suggest getting in touch with your local museum curator

 

Coin Chemistry by Weimar W White

Available for $19.95 from the ANA Bookstore.