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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4421574, member: 19463"]I don't arrive early enough to these ID parties to be of much help but am very impressed by what I see as someone quite capable of doing this work with minimum help. I assume the Arados image was taken before you realized that the reverse was a ship prow with three prong ram rather than a tripod. The next step might be to pick at some of the dirt with a toothpick and see if any of the legend comes out. The date is at the bottom reading right to left. Mine is "year" 100 '10' 5. I'm no expert on these but took the easy out and picked a specimen that I thought was readable out of a junk box. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1108763[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with your take on the Claudius. The style suggests a 'branch' mint. Congratulations of figuring out the brockage. Greek brockages are not all that common. It and the Pan strike me as candidates for soaking in distilled water after first trying to loosen the dirt with a toothpick. The secret on cleaning is to do the least first and moving on later after the least invasive thing failed. You can do dry pick first and soak later followed by more picking. If you use a more invasive method first, there is no going back. I do not care for the oil soaking and wire brushing that seems to ruin a lot of coins these days. These are opinions not shared by all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for posting here. I trust you will feel free to post any questions you have here and will suggest that you will be able to answer many of the more basic questions here (judging from your progress with these). We find that helping others with their coins helps our own abilities as well. Welcome to CT.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4421574, member: 19463"]I don't arrive early enough to these ID parties to be of much help but am very impressed by what I see as someone quite capable of doing this work with minimum help. I assume the Arados image was taken before you realized that the reverse was a ship prow with three prong ram rather than a tripod. The next step might be to pick at some of the dirt with a toothpick and see if any of the legend comes out. The date is at the bottom reading right to left. Mine is "year" 100 '10' 5. I'm no expert on these but took the easy out and picked a specimen that I thought was readable out of a junk box. [ATTACH=full]1108763[/ATTACH] I agree with your take on the Claudius. The style suggests a 'branch' mint. Congratulations of figuring out the brockage. Greek brockages are not all that common. It and the Pan strike me as candidates for soaking in distilled water after first trying to loosen the dirt with a toothpick. The secret on cleaning is to do the least first and moving on later after the least invasive thing failed. You can do dry pick first and soak later followed by more picking. If you use a more invasive method first, there is no going back. I do not care for the oil soaking and wire brushing that seems to ruin a lot of coins these days. These are opinions not shared by all. Thanks for posting here. I trust you will feel free to post any questions you have here and will suggest that you will be able to answer many of the more basic questions here (judging from your progress with these). We find that helping others with their coins helps our own abilities as well. Welcome to CT.[/QUOTE]
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