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<p>[QUOTE="LaCointessa, post: 6387964, member: 87186"]Howdy [USER=89213]@Inspector43[/USER] What method did you use? Each of us does it differently.</p><p>I confess that some coins sacrificed their lives in order for me to learn what method I like the best for extremely crusty and gunky/gummy ancients.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have come to the conclusion that some people who clean ancient coins stop short and should go a bit further. To my very pleasant surprise I have often (not always) found gorgeous unexpected patinas under what I thought was <i>the </i>patina I did not wish to remove. Of course, that changes the work on that coin and makes it take longer to clean but it is worth it and quite satisfying.</p><p><br /></p><p>Being able to attribute the coin being cleaned is great and it provides the information needed to confirm what is under the gunk. Then I can go carefully and not mistake a star or letter (whatever) in a field as being lump of gunk. I also want to end up with a coin that looks as beautiful as possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I can see that you have exposed a bit of the metal under the gunk on your coin. My OCD is starting to kick because once I have exposed any little bit of metal on the raised parts of a coin, I will probably keep going on all the raised parts.</p><p><br /></p><p>I plan to post some recently cleaned (and in the process of being cleaned) coins soon; but, I have some pressing chores and work to do and that will have to take precedence. It <i>IS</i> quite an undertaking to photograph the coins before, during and at the end of the cleaning process; but, I always try to do that so that others can actually see how the coin started out and how it ended up. I like showing the intermediate steps as well. I think folks enjoy seeing those. And, I figure that if I were not to do it that way, someone would eventually say: "If there is no photo, it it did not happen." <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LaCointessa, post: 6387964, member: 87186"]Howdy [USER=89213]@Inspector43[/USER] What method did you use? Each of us does it differently. I confess that some coins sacrificed their lives in order for me to learn what method I like the best for extremely crusty and gunky/gummy ancients. I have come to the conclusion that some people who clean ancient coins stop short and should go a bit further. To my very pleasant surprise I have often (not always) found gorgeous unexpected patinas under what I thought was [I]the [/I]patina I did not wish to remove. Of course, that changes the work on that coin and makes it take longer to clean but it is worth it and quite satisfying. Being able to attribute the coin being cleaned is great and it provides the information needed to confirm what is under the gunk. Then I can go carefully and not mistake a star or letter (whatever) in a field as being lump of gunk. I also want to end up with a coin that looks as beautiful as possible. I think I can see that you have exposed a bit of the metal under the gunk on your coin. My OCD is starting to kick because once I have exposed any little bit of metal on the raised parts of a coin, I will probably keep going on all the raised parts. I plan to post some recently cleaned (and in the process of being cleaned) coins soon; but, I have some pressing chores and work to do and that will have to take precedence. It [I]IS[/I] quite an undertaking to photograph the coins before, during and at the end of the cleaning process; but, I always try to do that so that others can actually see how the coin started out and how it ended up. I like showing the intermediate steps as well. I think folks enjoy seeing those. And, I figure that if I were not to do it that way, someone would eventually say: "If there is no photo, it it did not happen." :(:hilarious:[/QUOTE]
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