As I am cleaning ancients I first identify what I think the coin is. Then I print a representative coin and description on an MS Word document. I...
I don't want to hijack this thread. I do have a detailed accounting of how I managed to collect almost a complete 20th Century set of circulation...
You can get album pages for Airtites. I did that with my UNC ATB Quarter Set. [ATTACH]
Take the time now to familiarize yourself with available resources. Before you clean any coin you should have some idea of what you have. Did you...
I will help wherever I can. @Victor_Clark is a very good and trustworthy collector. There are many others. Spend time on this Ancient Forum and...
I have 200+ in one binder. I need to reorganize for sure. But, if you put a bulkier coin (any coin) in a 2x2 clear flip, the kind that folds over,...
@JDcompy I hate to make recommendations for fear they may backfire. I will risk one that I go to frequently. Nerocoins.com He is in Canada. I...
Not at all. The coin on my avatar is one I got from an uncleaned lot. at the time there was one known in the world. Mine made 2 known and is...
I have collected for 75 years and got to the point that there were no more chances to get circulation coins for my collection. The coins I would...
Here is a post I put out a while back. I think I covers my opinion of the coin and stamp hobbies today. 2023 is the 75th Anniversary of my active...
The one I posted above was in acetone for only a few minutes.
Here is one of mine that had glue on it. I soaked it in acetone and the glue came off easy. But, you can see that the surface under th e glue was...
Looks like foreign material of some kind. There seems to be another deposit just to the left in the photo.
@Broucheion and anyone else, I corrected the description for the second coin. I hope I made the right correction.
Thank you @Broucheion my cut and paste was sloppy. I will edit it.
US circulation grade coins and any ancient that I have to clean.
Too much toning for me. Makes it look artificial. JMO
Some Ancients that I finished recently. They were very difficult to get to the detail as both have heavy silvering. Constantius II, AE of...
Thanks for sharing. That is what searching is all about.
Here is another AE4 I came across in my cleaned coins: Constans, AE4, Thessalonica. AD 336-337. CONSTANS-PF AVG, laurel and rosette-diademed,...
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