I think I've ID'd my one, cleaned Roman: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear/s3227.t.html While my eagle doesn't look exactly like those...
Haha, that one was actually professionally cleaned, so I won't be touching it at all. The really dirty one is being zapped in a few of the photos,...
And here's the rest. BTW, the two-cent is an error (medal die-alignment).
Here are those pictures I wanted to post yesterday, but couldn't. The cleaned Roman is unattributed, and I have no idea what it could possibly be,...
I'm only using a 9v transformer, but I've already slightly zapped myself once, sadly! :whistle:
Thanks for the tips. I think I'll still let it soak, and just do a tiny bit at a time. Hopefully next time around, I'll be able to scrub off...
After a week or two of waiting, my order from ancientcoins.ca came in: Two uncleaned Romans, a cleaned, unattributed Roman, and an AR Hungarian...
...an absolutely crisp, uncirculated $10 Federal Reserve Note (1950) in his register the other day. Doesn't seem to be worth all that much over...
It might be a week or two before I get them, but I'll post some pics when I do.
I bought an AR Hungarian denarius from a hoard (1500's to 1620's). They look nice, and hopefully mine's one of the nicer ones! I also bought one...
Not amazing, but I just bought a 2002 eagle yesterday for two bucks. What's the spot price of silver right now? :high5:
Oh, those crazy Romans. I wonder if anyone here has read Suetonius' "Lives of the Twelve Caesars"? I'm reading it right now, and he gets pretty...
Thanks for all the feedback. I still am not sure why the name "Trajan" is on this coin, unless it is Hadrian's full name. The Constatine, though...
I was looking at some mini's at the shop the other day. Didn't realize they got that tiny...
Here's the Hadrian I bought after finding my flying eagle cent and Indian-head cents. Hadrian is Augustus at this time, and Trajan is Caesar, it...
I'm not sure if I should use it anymore, as several sites said it would kill any patina pronto. However, soaking them in olive oil or distilled...
So, I had this 1904 Indian-head that I dug up last weekend. I figured, "Hey, 1904, it's probably in the good range, so no economic loss here." I...
Good to know. They seem like an pretty reputable place. I just want to try my luck at cleaning some ancients, be they Roman, Greek, Indian, whatever.
If my electrolysis experiments work out OK, I think I might purchase some uncleaned coins to make ship-shape and identify. Anyone else been to...
Believe me, after several semesters of intense Latin at a major university, you start to THINK in Latin. And that's not a good thing, esp. when...
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