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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CopperGenie, post: 2895567, member: 88628&quot;]Thanks for telling me that was actually dirt; I couldn&#039;t decide whether to leave it or not. It looked to me like I was taking off the &quot;outer layer&quot; of the patina because it was so consistent across the coin. After I clean it a bit, I&#039;ll take a look again. I&#039;m working on cleaning another coin at the moment, one with big clumps of dirt that just won&#039;t come off haha. I&#039;m trying to soak it first to see if it wettens the dirt a bit and make it a bit easier to clean.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for this coin, I just started to brush it, which got was more off than I anticipated. Then, I picked with a bamboo skewer at clumps of raised dirt until they fell off. I didn&#039;t get it all, obviously, but as much as I was willing to take off before I knew the rest wasn&#039;t the patina.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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