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<p>[QUOTE="New Windsor Bill, post: 2467481, member: 78123"]I started with sharpened oak dowels and bamboo skewers to scrape between the cuts or depressions in the coin (very hard stuff that turned to powder and then metal) and I was able to bring out some contours. I have also used a very sharp exacto knife and was able to get the top layer off. I have a dremel with a wire brush and was tempted. I have also thought about a SODIUM SESQUICARBONATE BATH but I am afraid to damage it with any of this stuff. But if I didn't do what I have done already to this coin you wouldn't be able to see anything. Any suggestions? Also the coin the way it looks now is solid. That green that you still see is very hard stuff on the surface.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="New Windsor Bill, post: 2467481, member: 78123"]I started with sharpened oak dowels and bamboo skewers to scrape between the cuts or depressions in the coin (very hard stuff that turned to powder and then metal) and I was able to bring out some contours. I have also used a very sharp exacto knife and was able to get the top layer off. I have a dremel with a wire brush and was tempted. I have also thought about a SODIUM SESQUICARBONATE BATH but I am afraid to damage it with any of this stuff. But if I didn't do what I have done already to this coin you wouldn't be able to see anything. Any suggestions? Also the coin the way it looks now is solid. That green that you still see is very hard stuff on the surface.[/QUOTE]
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