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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2229487, member: 19463"]You might enjoy looking at coin types #3 and #5 on my page:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/uncleaned.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/uncleaned.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/uncleaned.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The other matter is that these coins have been raped by horridly harsh cleaning. There appears to be remaining corrosion that may be active (hard to tell in the photo) but it makes no difference because the postage on the chemicals needed to neutralize them would be more than the coins are worth in this condition. Do not buy coins with soft, powdery green corrosion that flakes off easily. If yours are hard and stable, there is nothing that will really improve the coins but they will not get worse.</p><p><br /></p><p>We have to ask if you bought these coins from a seller in this condition or if these were uncleaned and treated harshly by you?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2229487, member: 19463"]You might enjoy looking at coin types #3 and #5 on my page: [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/uncleaned.html[/url] The other matter is that these coins have been raped by horridly harsh cleaning. There appears to be remaining corrosion that may be active (hard to tell in the photo) but it makes no difference because the postage on the chemicals needed to neutralize them would be more than the coins are worth in this condition. Do not buy coins with soft, powdery green corrosion that flakes off easily. If yours are hard and stable, there is nothing that will really improve the coins but they will not get worse. We have to ask if you bought these coins from a seller in this condition or if these were uncleaned and treated harshly by you?[/QUOTE]
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