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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2680505, member: 76194&quot;]Ok, bottom line, throw all your ancient silver in a bucket of lemon juice. If they float, they be witches.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just kidding. [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] makes a great point. When I was starting out, a coin like my new Victoriatus would have either received cleaning, or I would have avoided it altogether. I can definitely see why collectors prefered the shinny tets instead of the uncleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;However, some collectors age like a fine bottle of wine, and tastes mature. These days I&#039;d prefer an attractively dark toned or even encrusted coin like the one I bought.</p><p><br /></p><p>As someone else mentioned, the coin was probably lightly cleaned before I got it, but I won&#039;t be doing any additional cleaning to remove any of the encrustation. I want the dirt and other materials on the coin. Let whomever gets if after me decide if they want to clean it completely, but I won&#039;t be responsible for ruining the look. Once you remove the original soil and minerals from the coin, you can&#039;t get that back. It is lost forever. It&#039;s been with the coin for 2,200 years, let it remain with the coin for a little longer at least.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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