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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 5388750, member: 87809&quot;]Sharing my first cleaning experience with aceton:</p><p>This dupondius had a dark, ugly surface.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rome, 120 - 121 AD, 26 x 27 mm, 12.499 g</p><p>RIC II Part 3 (2nd edition) Hadrian 403</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Before:</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1231447[/ATTACH]&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1231448[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>After: 5 hours in a 100% acetone soak, soft brush and washing it with distilled water. </p><p><br /></p><p>It had some dark shoe polish, wax or something that came easily off</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG PM(TR P) COS III Bust of Hadrian, radiate, right</p><p>Rev.: AETERNITAS AVGVSTI Aeternitas, draped, standing, facing, head left, holding up heads of Sun in r. hand and Moon in left; S C</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1231449[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1231450[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Even though it is in bad shape, I honestly think it looks much better now. Hope most of you agree <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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