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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4422316, member: 19463&quot;]I am no good on Islamic. I don&#039;t collect them.&nbsp; The bird strikes me as ABYDOS</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6097062" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6097062" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6097062</a></p><p>but that is a gut feeling rather than a scientific study.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In my experience, brockages tend to be worth about the same as the same normal coin.&nbsp; Their added appeal to some is what turns off most collectors who feel cheated out of half the coin.&nbsp; The specific answer depends on what is under the dirt.&nbsp; Smor brockages have great detail and would make me pay a premium while others are just junk and I would not pay any price (joining the people who feel cheated).&nbsp; I&#039;d guess $20 plus or minus 100%. Some would ask more because it is rare.&nbsp; Some would give it to a kid because it is defective.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Soaking in distilled water is a matter of who gives up first (you or the dirt).&nbsp; I&#039;d start with a week and examine daily picking at the soil just to see if any come loose.&nbsp; If the water shows any sign of soil, change it.&nbsp; If not, change it every day or two anyway.&nbsp; Distilled water works best because tap/well water has minerals already and you are trying to get the coin to give up minerals.&nbsp; Most of us give up and try something too harsh with poor results.&nbsp; If you are a dentist and know how to dig slowly a tiny bit at a time, you might do better than if you are blind and have hand tremors.&nbsp; I have done well with a piece of solid copper wire sharpened on a grinder to a tiny point but I have also scratched coins because I am not well practiced and full of patience.&nbsp; Water is safer.&nbsp; Not knowing where you are located, I don&#039;t know if you can go out to get distilled water.&nbsp; A gallon is cheap and lasts a long time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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