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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 4179789, member: 87200"]I did a lot of cleaning of uncleans when I was getting back into the hobby. I'd buy lots of like 250 coins and clean them up. At best, I could resurrect maybe 50-75 of the coins through a laborious process. While it was fun for awhile, I realized I could get 5 good coins for the price I was paying for the uncleans, most of which ended up as worthless culls - sure, they were ancient, but that's about it.</p><p><br /></p><p> I have never tried cleaning a silver coin. As mentioned the Elagabalus looks like a limes piece as [USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER] mentions hence it will not benefit from cleaning too much. If you can see the legends, devices, and portrait it's probably not worth it. I wouldn't feel comfortable trying to shine up a silver-washed AE antoninianus because the coating, if there is any left, is very fragile.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 4179789, member: 87200"]I did a lot of cleaning of uncleans when I was getting back into the hobby. I'd buy lots of like 250 coins and clean them up. At best, I could resurrect maybe 50-75 of the coins through a laborious process. While it was fun for awhile, I realized I could get 5 good coins for the price I was paying for the uncleans, most of which ended up as worthless culls - sure, they were ancient, but that's about it. I have never tried cleaning a silver coin. As mentioned the Elagabalus looks like a limes piece as [USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER] mentions hence it will not benefit from cleaning too much. If you can see the legends, devices, and portrait it's probably not worth it. I wouldn't feel comfortable trying to shine up a silver-washed AE antoninianus because the coating, if there is any left, is very fragile.[/QUOTE]
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