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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2721765, member: 1892&quot;]The only appropriate response is, &quot;It&#039;s necessary to see the coin first.&quot; The more vicious the cleaning, the more obvious it is that this is a coin which can never be mistaken for &quot;original&quot; again, then the more reasonable it might be to consider at least ameliorating the harm somewhat. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is colored by the knowledge that an attempt to restore an &quot;original&quot; look to a badly-cleaned coin is normally construed as reprehensible and dishonest. Originality in a coin is <b>prized</b>, and attempting to pass a non-original coin (especially a valuable one such as this, and of course this is not accusation, just education) as original is considered one step below outright thievery in numismatics. Therefore, we tread carefully. I&#039;m not going to go through all the possible permutations of conservation technique, but copper coins are known to acquire a truly offensive color after certain types of cleaning operations and even though the result will still be a known altered coin it would at least be a little less disgusting after some steps to lessen the harm. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So see what you can put together for images and we&#039;ll see what we can come up with. At this point we&#039;re as much interested in actual color and surface appearance as we wold be sharp images for grading purposes, and we&#039;ll be happy to help you refine your technique to get closer to the goal. For this one at least, your ultimate goal will be to get it into the slab of a reputable third-party grader.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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