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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Plumbata, post: 3242576, member: 96864&quot;]Lovely transformation and excellent work [USER=87404]@Justin Lee[/USER] ! You&#039;ve figured out hands-on one of the angles for locating good-deals that many might take a pass on at first glance. I wish you the best future luck in locating more coins that just need a little TLC to turn into nice pieces!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m awaiting a Hadrian denarius with Aeternitas holding the head of the Sun and Moon on reverse, misattributed as a Trajan and possessing a superficially ugly mottled sulfide patina. The underlying coin looked solid and the patina thin enough so I&#039;m pretty sure I can remove the nasty sulfide and have a nice coin worth the 33 shipped:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]849024[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]849025[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a 1.04g 11mm AR fraction of Metapontion in Lucania that was 28 shipped, ugly but worth the gamble as I love me some Barley-ears and the price was right:</p><p>[ATTACH]849027[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]849029[/ATTACH]</p><p>I figured the electrochemical foil process was risky due to the thick sulfide which might not have much detail left underneath but it&#039;s the only method I&#039;m familiar with, and was reasonably pleased to have this come out: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]849040[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]849041[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Not advisable for rare coins but I&#039;m content with the results.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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