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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3508373, member: 51347"]Woooahhh... I don't clean, and if you do, always use a tool that is SOFTER than the metal you are acting on...</p><p><br /></p><p>That being said; in fact, I have had ONE coin of mine cleaned...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Before</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2019-2-27_21-24-45-jpeg.898582/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>IN-PROCESS</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]930446[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>After</b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2019-2-27_21-25-34-jpeg.898585/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Postumus, 259-268 AD</p><p>antoninianus, 20 mm, 3.2 gm, Cologne</p><p>Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS PF AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left holding globe and transverse scepter</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b30000">THIS IS A DRAMATIZATION.</span></i></b> ACTUALLY, I sent the coin to [USER=58941]@YOC[/USER] in the UK and he used a secret solution and soaked the green off my coin. He found, unbeknownst to us, that it was SILVERED. Cool.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>NO SCREWDRIVERS WERE USED TO KILL ANY ANIMALS OR TOUCHED TO ANCIENT COINS...</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Only coin from my collection that was ever cleaned. [USER=58941]@YOC[/USER] was kind enough to clean mine...cool results. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3508373, member: 51347"]Woooahhh... I don't clean, and if you do, always use a tool that is SOFTER than the metal you are acting on... That being said; in fact, I have had ONE coin of mine cleaned... [B]Before[/B] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2019-2-27_21-24-45-jpeg.898582/[/IMG] [B]IN-PROCESS[/B] [ATTACH=full]930446[/ATTACH] [B]After[/B] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2019-2-27_21-25-34-jpeg.898585/[/IMG] Postumus, 259-268 AD antoninianus, 20 mm, 3.2 gm, Cologne Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS PF AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev: PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left holding globe and transverse scepter [B][I][COLOR=#b30000]THIS IS A DRAMATIZATION.[/COLOR][/I][/B] ACTUALLY, I sent the coin to [USER=58941]@YOC[/USER] in the UK and he used a secret solution and soaked the green off my coin. He found, unbeknownst to us, that it was SILVERED. Cool. [B][I]NO SCREWDRIVERS WERE USED TO KILL ANY ANIMALS OR TOUCHED TO ANCIENT COINS...[/I][/B] Only coin from my collection that was ever cleaned. [USER=58941]@YOC[/USER] was kind enough to clean mine...cool results. :)[/QUOTE]
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