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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2656072, member: 42773&quot;]So I was intrigued with the suggestion by [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] to use an enzymatic solution, but evidently those things aren&#039;t as common as they used to be. I went to a couple pharmacies in town last night, and they did not carry the old-school tablets and vials. Everything now is about multi-purpose solutions. So I experimented with actually using a multi-purpose solution that claims to remove proteins, and soaked a couple of the coins overnight in a contact lens case (into which AE3&#039;s fit perfectly). This morning, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the solution in the case was quite green, so it did manage to dissolve some of the gunk...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]588362[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are before and after pics on one of the coins. This coin is considerably darker now, with slightly more detail and patina showing through. All I did was rinse it under tap water and brush it lightly with a toothbrush for about 30 seconds, after I removed it from the case...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]588363[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m quite happy with this progress, so the coins are going back into the contact lens case. I&#039;ll repeat the procedure until the solution no longer turns green, and see how much dirt I can gently remove.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m also going to put two coins into distilled water as a control group, and I&#039;ve ordered some of the enzymatic tablets online, so two coins will get that treatment - I&#039;m guessing the full-out enzymatic will be faster acting.</p><p><br /></p><p>So this is the contact-lens-solution-ancient-coin-cleaning experiment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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