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<p>[QUOTE="Nathan B., post: 7910558, member: 112852"]I must say, I find coin cleaning extremely frustrating so far. I'm glad I'm doing it because I think it will help me to understand the coins, but I am glad I bought a small lot of only 10 coins (with three "free" coins added) instead of a large lot. I don't really know what to do.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's another coin I tried cleaning. First I used some water and a bit of dish soap, and I washed it. Then I rinsed it. Then I had it in distilled water for 30 minutes or so, then I scraped crud off it with the but end of a fairly thick toothpick as well as my fingernail and an unused toothbrush. I repeated these steps for about a day or so. In the beginning, this coin was greyish. Then it got kind of dark greenish. Then it got to its present colour, which is a redish-brownish colour. On the obverse, I can see the diademed head of a man facing right. If he had a massive mustache, it would be where a lot of crud is. There's also crud behind the back of his head, and in other places.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the reverse, I can't make out anything at all except a tiny ring-like shape. I can see that there were legends, but I can't read any of the letters. Would anyone have any ideas what it is (if you can even see anything at all out of these photos)?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1365758[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel like I scraped off too much from this coin, although it seems to me that it is corroded anyway. I should have photographed it before I began, but I forgot. Next time, I'll take a picture before doing anything at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nathan B., post: 7910558, member: 112852"]I must say, I find coin cleaning extremely frustrating so far. I'm glad I'm doing it because I think it will help me to understand the coins, but I am glad I bought a small lot of only 10 coins (with three "free" coins added) instead of a large lot. I don't really know what to do. Here's another coin I tried cleaning. First I used some water and a bit of dish soap, and I washed it. Then I rinsed it. Then I had it in distilled water for 30 minutes or so, then I scraped crud off it with the but end of a fairly thick toothpick as well as my fingernail and an unused toothbrush. I repeated these steps for about a day or so. In the beginning, this coin was greyish. Then it got kind of dark greenish. Then it got to its present colour, which is a redish-brownish colour. On the obverse, I can see the diademed head of a man facing right. If he had a massive mustache, it would be where a lot of crud is. There's also crud behind the back of his head, and in other places. For the reverse, I can't make out anything at all except a tiny ring-like shape. I can see that there were legends, but I can't read any of the letters. Would anyone have any ideas what it is (if you can even see anything at all out of these photos)? [ATTACH=full]1365758[/ATTACH] I feel like I scraped off too much from this coin, although it seems to me that it is corroded anyway. I should have photographed it before I began, but I forgot. Next time, I'll take a picture before doing anything at all.[/QUOTE]
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