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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LaCointessa, post: 2813378, member: 87186&quot;]Hi again.</p><p><br /></p><p>I promised to show what I have been doing with my crusty and grimy ancient coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first photograph is of still completely uncleaned coins that look just like the partially and almost completely cleaned coins below before I started working on them. The coins in the top photo are NOT the same coins you see cleaned and partially cleaned in the rest of the post. I did not think I would find anything underneath worth photographing since these coins I started with were the most horrible in the bunch. I haven&#039;t touched the crusty &#039;good ones&#039; yet. Figured I would practice on these. I&#039;m glad I did; but still, I do have regrets, as you&#039;ll see below.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Photo of completely uncleaned untouched crusty ancient coins</p><p>[ATTACH=full]658888[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You can get a sense of how horrible the coins were from the photograph showing partially cleaned coins. These are coins I have worked on for 20 - 30 minutes (after acetone soak and then warm water bath in the way I described in an earlier post in this thread).</p><p>I have about 10 other coins in this condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>(partially cleaned ancient coins)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]658889[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(reverses of the above coins) - the bottom left is upside down and too clockwise. The surface is not scratched) I have not begun to clean the top left or middle coin reverse yet.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]658890[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, below you can see almost completely cleaned coins. I stopped because I am not sure what, if anything, I need to do to make them look better. I do not want to ruin them.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]658891[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the reverses of the almost completely cleaned coins. The one at the bottom left is not in great shape.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]658892[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I will work on the attributions and when I&#039;m done I&#039;ll take good photographs of them and post them. This post is just to give an idea what I have been doing with my crusty ancients.</p><p><br /></p><p>One other thing: Below you see a sad example of a ruined coin - one I am extremely unhappy about. This is what a strong chemical coin cleaning liquid can do to a coin if you leave it too long. This coin looked like the others when I started with it.&nbsp; The edge was completely rounded and filled in with gunk. When I saw what appears to be notching around the rim I wanted to immediately consult @TIFF. I suspected I might be looking at one of those serrate coins. I&#039;ve been really wanting one - but if this is one - it is totally totaled!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]658893[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the reverse. Gee whiz! Call me crazy but I think I see a fallen horseman there.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]658894[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I promise better photographs next time!</p><p>Thanks.</p><p>Good night.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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