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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7296545, member: 85693&quot;]I don&#039;t clean stuff very often - I definitely would&#039;ve left the OP examples alone - the colors were nice.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This Nerva is the only thing I feel I was successful at cleaning (my other efforts were not good, so I rarely try anymore).&nbsp; I already posted this, but here it is again. </p><p><br /></p><p>The eBay seller photo - I didn&#039;t even know what it was when I bid: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1276608[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Because of a wad of gunk on Nerva&#039;s face, his signature beaky nose was obscured.&nbsp; So I took a Q-tip and some oxalic acid (Bar Keeper&#039;s Friend).&nbsp; A lot of black gunk came up:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1276611[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1276607[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I was pretty happy with the results - hardly a professional job, but the nose emerged from the gunk.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1276606[/ATTACH] </p><blockquote><p><b>Nerva&nbsp; &nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>(97 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P [(II?) COS] III P P, laureate head right / FORTVNA [AV]GVST, S C across field, Fortuna standing facing (or left?), holding rudder and cornucopiae.</p><p>RIC 83 or RIC 98 (as) See notes.</p><p>(11.03 grams / 26 x 24 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Note:</b></p><p>Obverse legend unclear; it could be either one of these:</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 83:&nbsp; ...TR P COS III P P</p><p>RIC 98:&nbsp; ...TR P II COS III P P</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortuna described as facing forward for RIC 83 in Wildwinds; elsewhere facing left. </p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll admit I have little idea what I was doing, I am not sure it was &quot;patina&quot; that I was removing.&nbsp; The coin had obviously been harshly cleaned before I got it - the shiny copper areas were there when I got it.&nbsp; I just worked on the raised areas that were still black (the nose).&nbsp; The way this stuff came out on the Q-tip without a lot of work leads me to believe this was crud, not patina.&nbsp; But I&#039;m guessing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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