Yes, but that only works for silver sulphate. This is silver chloride or bromide, or a combination of all above
Hi @Topcat7. Feel free to PM me, or aks me any questions here. Sodium thiosulphate and distilled water can be bought fairly cheap: I bought 200g...
Thanks @TIF. I agree: it sure looks like horn silver. As mentioned before, I'm in the process of writing a detailed guide on the restoration of...
I like this one the most, mainly due to the fantastic toning which is super difficult to capture with my current photo techniques. [ATTACH]
It's Kruurkils mint, making it Zhengnor p347-11x.
Thanks for all the responses. I didn't know there were that many mount Argaeus drachms! I took some time to restore some parts of the coin:...
No offence taken ;) I still believe this coin would greatly benefit from a sodium thiosulphate immersion: I would definitely do it. Mechanical...
I really like Nerva denari, mostly because of the large portruding nose. This denarius is my only Nerva coin, but I like it the most (heh) because...
This coin was part of a 18-coin lot (17 bronze, this one silver) which I bought only because of this coin. I mean: what's not to like about a...
Thanks all for the reassuring comments and beautiful coins. Feels good to be part of the Macrinus club ;)
Thanks @Jwt708 and @ancient coin hunter for your opinions so far.
I've just received my first Macrinus denarius, and it was a bit of a gamble, as the seller sold various Roman coins (mainly Gordian III and...
My photo: [IMG] CNG's photo: [IMG] I noticed that the contrast of CNG is way higher than my photo (it's just almost black and white - I...
Hurray! :) Okay, this coin has been posted before on this forum (but a long time ago). [ATTACH] It's actually two faces on the coin, but as I've...
I would say Tanit, first thought the coin to be of the Iberian Celts, and looked into those but found no resembling coins. Besides, I know of no...
It certainly looks similar! Thanks for the lead.
I've got this super small but nicely detailled Celtic coin: [ATTACH] Weight: 0.48g, diameter 11 - 14 mm, depending on the axis. The observe...
Visiting my second coin fair ever in Houten, the Netherlands, my eye fell upon this rather pretty Titus denarius. Although the price is higher...
This lovely coin is sure a good candidate for the weird headgear thread:...
So many excellent funky hats have been posted! All cool kids in Parthia wear over-sized earflaps with a fancy star. [ATTACH]
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