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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Southbay, post: 170213, member: 6974&quot;]Howdy folks! I&#039;m new to this forum are relatively new to coin cleaning &amp; collecting.</p><p>I&nbsp; purchased a batch of uncleaned roman coins and have been working on them with olive oil &amp; brushes.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the super crusty coins was about the diameter of a half dollar and 3 times as thick. It was more like a rock than a crusty coin. Olive oil wasn&#039;t loosening anything on this one. I finally went at it with a steel brush &amp; scalpel to get through the outer layers.</p><p>What I found looks like gold to my untrained eye!</p><p><br /></p><p>This &quot;coin&quot; isn&#039;t very coin-like other than being generally round and about the size of a quarter though. No identifiable features at all.</p><p>How can I determine if it is really gold?</p><p>If it is gold, is there any reason to preserve this as an ancient coin rather just treat it as a gold nugget?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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