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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2337715, member: 24314"]VERY NICE conservation job <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie42" alt=":doctor:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I should have guessed you used MS-70 by the color. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I just "copied" these comments from my post on an "I like cleaned coins" old thread. Perhaps it belongs here. We had a discussion about toothpicks and conservation over there. </p><p><br /></p><p>One poster wrote: I know, I know.... I should've dressed it up with 36,000 little schmuckish smiley faces to make it more readable and, ahem, "<i>interesting</i>". Yeah... that's the ticket (roll eyes here).Click to expand...</p><p><br /></p><p>I had a better suggestion for him: Take forty-nine cents and write to someone who cares. I got off your "train to silly-town" a while back. Here's one for you <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/insider.24314/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/insider.24314/">Insider</a>, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-like-cleaned-coins-and-you-should-to-thread.205352/page-67#post-2337129" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-like-cleaned-coins-and-you-should-to-thread.205352/page-67#post-2337129">Yesterday at 9:50 PM</a> <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/posts/2337129/report" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/posts/2337129/report">Report</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-like-cleaned-coins-and-you-should-to-thread.205352/page-67#post-2337129" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-like-cleaned-coins-and-you-should-to-thread.205352/page-67#post-2337129">#1335</a> <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-like-cleaned-coins-and-you-should-to-thread.205352/reply?quote=2337129" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-like-cleaned-coins-and-you-should-to-thread.205352/reply?quote=2337129">+ Quote</a> <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-like-cleaned-coins-and-you-should-to-thread.205352/reply?quote=2337129" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-like-cleaned-coins-and-you-should-to-thread.205352/reply?quote=2337129">Reply</a></p><ul> <li><ol> <li><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/insider.24314/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/insider.24314/"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/styles/default/xenforo/avatars/avatar_male_m.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><br /> <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/moods/mood-chooser?redirect=%2Fthreads%2Fi-like-cleaned-coins-and-you-should-to-thread.205352%2Fpage-67" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/moods/mood-chooser?redirect=%2Fthreads%2Fi-like-cleaned-coins-and-you-should-to-thread.205352%2Fpage-67"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/styles/default/xenmoods/Bookworm.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><br /> <font size="4"><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/insider.24314/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/insider.24314/">Insider</a><i>On Loan From...</i> </b></font></li> </ol><ol> <li>For anyone on the "silly train" still interested:<br /> <br /> I just found a coin to run an EXPERIMENT with. As I don't believe in <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> - I'm from the SHOW ME not - the TELL ME branch of Numismatics.<br /> <br /> Now you'll need to trust me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> on this. In my joyous rush to validate the statement that: "Toothpicks don't damage coins; people do;" I forgot to take a before micrograph of the "N." Nevertheless, I found a lesser amount of the identical "verdigris" residue on a leaf.<br /> <br /> DISCLAMER: Don't use dry toothpicks on coins. Proper conservation can be done using a stereo scope, chemicals, a "sharpened" toothpick, AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><br /> <br /> I took a large cent and scraped off the gunk using a round, "unsharpened," BONE DRY toothpick. The coin came out fine...no hairlines. NOTE: THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED to be a PROPER method of conservation. Maybe I just got lucky <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><br /> <br /> You be the judge.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <br /> <br /> PS: For you nitpickers - If this coin were sent in for conservation, I would have spent more time and taken off ALL the "micro-green" still left on the "N." It's NOT worth the time as all of this could have been done in seconds w/chemicals!<br /> PSS: I'll see if I can find a PROOF next <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie78" alt=":punch:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></li> <li><font size="3"><b>Attached Files:</b></font></li> </ol><ul> <li><br /> a" data-thumb-height="50"></li> <li><ol> <li><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_0971-jpg.474601/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_0971-jpg.474601/"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/data/attachments/433/433884-c62e353aea8f7696d9f193de7ccf8f2d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></li> <li><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_0971-jpg.474601/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_0971-jpg.474601/">IMG_0971.JPG</a></b></li> </ol>File size:<br /> 418.8 KB<br /> Views:<br /> 8</li> <li><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_0972-jpg.474602/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_0972-jpg.474602/"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/data/attachments/433/433885-32a1c9566889a0306139d50eb0b229a2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><br /> <b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_0972-jpg.474602/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_0972-jpg.474602/">IMG_0972.JPG</a></b><br /> File size:<br /> 452.5 KB<br /> Views:<br /> 8</li> <li><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_0973-jpg.474603/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_0973-jpg.474603/"><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/data/attachments/433/433886-dfffc002890682e9b6759888333c1275.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a><br /> <b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_0973-jpg.474603/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_0973-jpg.474603/">IMG_0973.JPG</a></b><br /> File size:<br /> 416.4 KB<br /> Views:<br /> 8</li> </ul></li> </ul><p> <ol> <li>Last edited: Today at 12:36 PM</li> <li><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/insider.24314/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/insider.24314/">Insider</a>, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-like-cleaned-coins-and-you-should-to-thread.205352/page-67#post-2337533" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-like-cleaned-coins-and-you-should-to-thread.205352/page-67#post-2337533">Today at 11:26 AM</a> <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/posts/2337533/report" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/posts/2337533/report">Report</a></li> </ol><p>Is this what [USER=46237]@Jaelus[/USER] calls (on the leaf) "verdigris?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2337715, member: 24314"]VERY NICE conservation job :doctor:. I should have guessed you used MS-70 by the color. I just "copied" these comments from my post on an "I like cleaned coins" old thread. Perhaps it belongs here. We had a discussion about toothpicks and conservation over there. One poster wrote: I know, I know.... I should've dressed it up with 36,000 little schmuckish smiley faces to make it more readable and, ahem, "[I]interesting[/I]". Yeah... that's the ticket (roll eyes here).Click to expand... I had a better suggestion for him: Take forty-nine cents and write to someone who cares. I got off your "train to silly-town" a while back. Here's one for you :cool: [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/members/insider.24314/']Insider[/URL], [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-like-cleaned-coins-and-you-should-to-thread.205352/page-67#post-2337129']Yesterday at 9:50 PM[/URL] [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/posts/2337129/report']Report[/URL] [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-like-cleaned-coins-and-you-should-to-thread.205352/page-67#post-2337129']#1335[/URL] [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-like-cleaned-coins-and-you-should-to-thread.205352/reply?quote=2337129']+ Quote[/URL] [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-like-cleaned-coins-and-you-should-to-thread.205352/reply?quote=2337129']Reply[/URL] [LIST] [*][LIST=1] [*][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/members/insider.24314/'][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/styles/default/xenforo/avatars/avatar_male_m.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/moods/mood-chooser?redirect=%2Fthreads%2Fi-like-cleaned-coins-and-you-should-to-thread.205352%2Fpage-67'][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/styles/default/xenmoods/Bookworm.png[/IMG][/URL] [SIZE=4][B][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/members/insider.24314/']Insider[/URL][I]On Loan From...[/I] [/B][/SIZE] [/LIST] [LIST=1] [*]For anyone on the "silly train" still interested: I just found a coin to run an EXPERIMENT with. As I don't believe in :yack::yack::yack::yack: - I'm from the SHOW ME not - the TELL ME branch of Numismatics. Now you'll need to trust me :cool::shifty: on this. In my joyous rush to validate the statement that: "Toothpicks don't damage coins; people do;" I forgot to take a before micrograph of the "N." Nevertheless, I found a lesser amount of the identical "verdigris" residue on a leaf. DISCLAMER: Don't use dry toothpicks on coins. Proper conservation can be done using a stereo scope, chemicals, a "sharpened" toothpick, AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. :yawn: I took a large cent and scraped off the gunk using a round, "unsharpened," BONE DRY toothpick. The coin came out fine...no hairlines. NOTE: THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED to be a PROPER method of conservation. Maybe I just got lucky :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious: You be the judge.:cool::cigar: PS: For you nitpickers - If this coin were sent in for conservation, I would have spent more time and taken off ALL the "micro-green" still left on the "N." It's NOT worth the time as all of this could have been done in seconds w/chemicals! PSS: I'll see if I can find a PROOF next :punch: [*][SIZE=3][B]Attached Files:[/B][/SIZE] [/LIST] [LIST] [*] a" data-thumb-height="50"> [*][LIST=1] [*][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_0971-jpg.474601/'][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/data/attachments/433/433884-c62e353aea8f7696d9f193de7ccf8f2d.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [*][B][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_0971-jpg.474601/']IMG_0971.JPG[/URL][/B] [/LIST] File size: 418.8 KB Views: 8 [*][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_0972-jpg.474602/'][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/data/attachments/433/433885-32a1c9566889a0306139d50eb0b229a2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [B][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_0972-jpg.474602/']IMG_0972.JPG[/URL][/B] File size: 452.5 KB Views: 8 [*][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_0973-jpg.474603/'][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/data/attachments/433/433886-dfffc002890682e9b6759888333c1275.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [B][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_0973-jpg.474603/']IMG_0973.JPG[/URL][/B] File size: 416.4 KB Views: 8 [/LIST] [/LIST] [LIST=1] [*]Last edited: Today at 12:36 PM [*][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/members/insider.24314/']Insider[/URL], [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-like-cleaned-coins-and-you-should-to-thread.205352/page-67#post-2337533']Today at 11:26 AM[/URL] [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/posts/2337533/report']Report[/URL] [/LIST] Is this what [USER=46237]@Jaelus[/USER] calls (on the leaf) "verdigris?[/QUOTE]
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