Sounds good, I'll give it another week in the distilled water.
That's the before picture on the left, unless there's still more specks on the right? In any case, I've put it back in the distilled water for the...
Where is it? I put the coin back in the distilled water and will continue to periodically check on it.
Update regarding the BD: So I placed my coin in a cup of distilled water for a week, used a toothpick to get rid of the green stuff, changed the...
That's one of the reasons I found this coin (and where it was minted specifically) so attractive! I remember hearing how he visited Antioch and...
Those are exactly my thoughts as the coin I got came from Zurqieh. The picture I saw was overexposed and hid any signs of BD so I had no clue....
I just got back from the grocery store with a gallon of distilled water. It looks like a pretty mild case so I'd like to use as light of a...
What do I do?
I wanted to ring in 2024 by buying a new coin at midnight on New Year's Day (it only just arrived in the mail today) and what better way to start...
Really cool coins! I like your backdrops for each one! The Alexander Severus denarius is quite pristine, the Priapus coin is a fascinating,...
If only I could afford one of those! It's a great piece of history, really cool!
Wow, those are all amazing. I particularly like the Agathokles tetradrachm but these are all museum worthy pieces!
While a decent number of coin designs from the post-476 Eastern Romans can appear very crude (during the last 200 years under the Palaiologos...
Those are all terrific coins! As someone who focuses on ancient Roman coins I particularly like the Magnus Maximus siliqua, Didius Julianus...
It may be lean, but those are good picks! I like the Mark Antony denarius! A classic coin.
All great coins! I particularly like the second coin of Constantine and the second-to-last coin with Roma and the She-Wolf! :)
I'm not as familiar with the coinage of Medieval Northern Europe, but the first coin and pennies of Sihtric III and Anund Jakob look very...
I agree, it's a gorgeous portrait.
I think Constantine was an intelligent, savvy politician who rode the wave of Christian discontent towards the then-recent Great Persecution while...
$450 (in 2014, so not accounting for inflation) for the Heraclius solidus that I have in my thumbnail. This was a very special purchase that I...
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