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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 3141541, member: 87200&quot;]I used olive oil bath with some LRBs that I got in a late roman uncleaned lot. It worked for some of the coins, combined with a toothbrush and toothpick, to remove the layered on crud. But it did leave the coins darkened in appearance. Here is an example of an uncleaned lot that I cleaned up over the period of a few months of soaking and scrubbing:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]803155[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, some cleaned up better than others. Usually I find the heavily encrusted ones hopeless and they go into the cull mayonnaise jar. The other ones I keep in a cigar box.</p><p><br /></p><p>These days I have &quot;retired&quot; from cleaning and only buy good quality coins as I find the cleaned LRB&#039;s worth very little individually. If I can get 4 nice coins for $400 I consider this a better investment than a hoard with 350 coins or so for $400. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have more FEL TEMP REPARATIO and GLORIA EXERCITVS types than I know what to do with. I consider the above advice pretty sound actually.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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