Show your best conservation pieces, before and after pics

Please post only 1-2 coins. Below you can see two of mine. I don’t always succeed, but for these two I believe I did a tremendous job. You agree?

 

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After......

 

Don't ask!

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Tremendous job indeed @joecoincollect !

 

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I agree! I posted my images as a joke using two coins to get a discussion going. It didn't work because you guys are too smart.
A person who could do what I showed would rapidly become very rich.

 

Conservation.

 

Wow…. You guys seriously have some tremendous skill. I have always been too afraid to attempt any conservation on any of my coins. Yes I guys are showing some miraculous change overs. Very well done.

 

much better indeed!

 

wow, i have to ask how?

 

i appreciate that. I lucked out on those. I may have used sodium sesquicarbonate on one of them, and citric acid. Or it might have been citric acid on both only. I think i revealed how on my IG account where I keep a record of my work, just for fun (ancientcoinconserve)

 

i like the result much better, but it might leave me trying a retone with a tad of sulphur gel in distilled water, slightly heated, soaking 10-20 seconds, checking it, re-dipping, maybe sit it on a napkin slightly wet, then neutralize and perhaps it would look more natural. It’s really hit or miss though for me, at this point but I’m sure some have perfected things like this

 

Not my best, but one that worked out very well...
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/conservation-of-a-1786-nj-m-24p.369980/

 

nice coin, and a good, honest endeavor. Did you bake it in the oven as well? Verdicare is great. Have you ever tried Incralac?

 

funny

 

This proof had a film and fingerprints that I was able to remove. Fortunately the fingerprints seemed to be in the film, not etched into the metal.

Edit: I replaced the images with side-by-side comparisons. The original is on the left, the coin after being conserved is on the right. The film on the obverse was more subtle than on the reverse, but if you expand the image it is more obvious. This coin was originally discussed in post #26092.

 

I got this at a price appropriate to its original condition.

After gently dissolving and swabbing off the dirt it has improved greatly and reveals some remaining luster. I discussed this restoration in post #26566 from a year ago.

Edit: I replaced the images to show side-by-side comparisons. "Before" on the left, "After" on the right.

 

WAIT A COTTON PICKING MINUTE! Am I the only one that noticed @alurid posted a 1943 S copper cent? WTH?

 

No, that was a good coin to practice on.

 

In a few weeks I will update my post with the after results when PCGS sends it back.
PCGS was right the 1st time it was fake toning thats why it got questionable color so I cracked it out, cleaned it in Acetone & Distilled Water for 3 days, it looked like new.

 

I’d guess a quick diluted coin dip (that blue one that stinks) would remedy that, but perhaps something else