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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2648053, member: 24314&quot;]After a 24 hour soak, the OP posted: &quot;Absolutely no change.&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> That was my first reaction to the &quot;new&quot; image and I&#039;m glad the OP confirmed what I saw.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can soak that coin until the cows ...DIE; rather than do the two minute job it takes a professional coin doctor/conservation &quot;specialist&quot;/Brian Silliman ANA Seminar student!</p><p><br /></p><p>The following post is <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">on the right track</span>:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Suggestion. I have learned <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> that proper conservation (less chance of leaving evidence of cleaning <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) on a coin like this (when using any type of tool such as a bamboo stick) is done USING A STEREO MICROSCOPE and florescent light.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, the coin is corroded.&nbsp; When the green is removed, the coin will have dark spots in many of the places where its surface was eaten away.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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