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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;YOC, post: 2386625, member: 58941&quot;]Nice coins.&nbsp; That Nero, however impressive, has had the life cleaned out of it.&nbsp; Most coins are cleaned with far more severe methods than just warm water and a toothpick.&nbsp; The real issue is, once they have been cleaned, what has been done to give them their final finish.&nbsp; Very rarely do coins come out of the ground in such a state that a light brush brings them up to a collectable grade, so harsh methods seem to be the only way to get rid of the toughest deposits.&nbsp; Even the BM use a strong alkali bath to strip coins for identification....its a disgrace.&nbsp; I know, because they did it to 1600 coins I found!!</p><p>Some of us employ methods which are far more sympathetic and leave the patina intact, but we are few and far between.&nbsp; I would rather buy a coin stripped back to the bare metal and left, than a coin dipped in toner or boot polish to give it &#039;eye appeal&#039;.&nbsp; At least I can then leave it outside for a few years to start to tone &#039;naturally&#039;, if indeed it can be called natural.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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