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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;snaz, post: 547826, member: 11315&quot;]Hey everyone, here&#039;s an 1864 L I have been resurrecting from the tomb it came out of.</p><p>I am not one for cleaning, but this was preservation. That stuff on there was chewing away and ruining the coin.</p><p>How&#039;d I do? It&#039;s been nearly a 2 months of working on this to get it to this point.</p><p>I started it with a quick dip in Acetone, which yielded no results. This stuff was on there for good! After that I gave it a week long soak in some coin care, and started chiseling with a toothpick. This stuff was incredibly hard and took several week long soaks to get the next layer of encrustation off.</p><p>The before pictures are from a couple months ago so I admit they aren&#039;t the best, but you get the idea, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I&#039;d love to hear grade opinions. I put it (surprisingly) at VF 35 for details, then Net all the way down to a 15 or 20.</p><p>I am incredibly happy with my end result and it was a great learning experience for exactly how fragile copper is!</p><p>opinions?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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