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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 1523789, member: 4373&quot;]I&#039;m quite shocked that this happened but if you say that this is cleaned, 10 out of 10 will say so.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1010607.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But if I said I was conserving this coin by putting it in olive oil for about a week or so, would you believe me?</p><p><br /></p><p>This was what it was originally</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://gxseries.com/dump/1010607.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a rather scarce coin and thought if I could get rid of the verdigris, it would be better. But not when it looks cleaned. I didn&#039;t do anything special to the coin - just took it out from the container that had olive oil and washed it with water. But when I pat it dry - patina just stripped off. Came as a shock to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not the first time I&#039;ve conserved copper coins - I have some coins that have been in olive oil for more than 1 month and one up to almost a year and I have changed the oil regularly. This one took me as a big surprise - it shouldn&#039;t have happened but it CAN happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess the moral of the story is to look at your coins a bit more often if you are conserving. It&#039;s a shame, this is one coin that I cannot upgrade easily or even downgrade to start out with.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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