Hi @IMP Shogun, don't worry, this is overall a very friendly forum with a lot of knowledge amassed. You just happened to post this in a thread...
If you search for horn silver and my name, you’ll find a lot of threads where I give a detailed walk through on the restoration of silver coins...
I think most ignore this thread since it turned into a hostile discussion between two members. You can start a new thread of you want and probably...
The depositions on your coin are horn silver and should dissolve in sodium thiosulphate.
I would leave it alone. Restoration of silver coins is difficult and you might end up with a shiny silver coin (which is undesired). Silver...
I see no evidence of prior horn silver. Silver does react with sulphur, as mentioned above, which can be present on your fingers.
It could be that the coin was treated for horn silver, but incompletely. In my experience, after a while these coins become darker, usually...
@Marsyas Mike this is very recognizable. I finance my collection entirely by selling some coins. This is an aspect of the hobby that deserves more...
This is actually what I (probably) will do. I've sold a couple of coins thinking that I will find a better specimen eventually. Usually however, I...
This Nerva denarius, which I bought as a brown slug (cleaning process described here) cost me around €5 as part of a group lot. Had a lot of fun...
Thanks all for the comment. I'm especially interest in the rationale or the motivations, such as written down by @Limes. So, if you would keep (or...
Recently, I bought a series of denari that were probably part of a bracelet (or something else). One of these denari (actually, the reason I...
My only coin with Dionysos - it does include grapes though and an interesting countermark of a veiled female head (Dionysos had the booze and the...
Posted this one a few times before. Celtic gold coins can be bought relatively cheap - this one was 700€, which is relatively cheap for the...
Just ignore @ernstk (I've since this thread pressed the 'ignore' button - press his name, and look for 'ignore' in the user screen). Imho, it's...
Thanks again @DCCR!
Thanks @DCCR, it is spot on! Did you recognize them? If not, what was your search strategy? The main characteristic are very broad (i.e. horse,...
@Steve mac, I believe this thread will attract way more (deserved) attention if you post a new thread on cointalk/ancients with a more catchy...
Celtic coins are a bit of a weak spot, and when I can buy them with find location from a metal-detectorist, I usually do (especially if the price...
Oh wauw! This deserves a separate thread! What a find. I think most of us would like to help describing the hoard.
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