Nice conservation effort. Laquer can trap moisture and become acidic over time. It also looks terrible when it gets yellow like that. What else...
Great post thanks for sharing that and all the pictures. Looks like you had a really awesome trip. John
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Cleaning with sodium hydroxide creates these red deposits. They may be from a heavily encrusted group that was cleaned up with sodium hydroxide....
Lemon juice and aluminum is safe on high purity silver coins but will totally strip bronze to bare metal and then start eating the metal. I have...
Not bad for $12. John
A really nice coin. It looks like there is graffiti on the obverse that may spell out a word? It would be interesting to decipher it if this is...
My wife and I opened our Secret Saturnalia gift this evening and were pleased to find we were matched up with the most excellent @John Anthony !...
A host of excellent coins for such a turbulent year for you! My favorites are the Malta coins and the incredible Eumenes. Hope you have a more...
Fake Greek bronzes are a problem. I have been burned before. You need to do your homework before buying.
Oops, I guess I blew the "secret" part of the exchange. Not sure how I messed that up but I am glad @TheRed was pleased with my selections. :oops:
Great coins! Anything from the Dattari collection is awesome. Orfew and Zumbly collections are nice pedigrees too! John
Congratulations on graduating from a tough school in a challenging discipline. We are always impressed with Georgia Tech grads where I work. Good...
Ancients are more numerous than most people think. That is a $5ish coin in monetary terms, but really cool for being so old and being part of...
Did you get all five volumes? I know the post office is slow, but that took 29 years to get to you? :troll:
Anyone know how many physical volumes you need to get to have all 10 logical volumes of RIC? I am learning a lot from this thread! :angelic: John
I think it is admirable that you want to write a book. There is room in ancient coins for many useful new books. I think people have explained...
Joe, An amazing set of coins, good work finding all those, and thanks for sharing your collection with us. I have always liked the reverse of...
You did well picking up that nice set of coins. I like the Byzantine and the Valerian. That is a great reverse type. John
Wow, really cool pieces. What an interesting collection. John
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