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<p>[QUOTE="Limes, post: 4751478, member: 101013"]That's a great accomplishment [USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER]! And the portrait of your Vitellius is mighty fine, nothing wrong with adding that coin to your collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I spent my saturday night re-watching FC Barcelone getting humiliated by Der Rekordmeister. In case any one cares, it concerns football and for many football enthousiasts that game marks the end of an era in so many ways. I'm still shocked and really need some time to process this!</p><p><br /></p><p>Luckily there's the stability of coining that can pull me out of this pitt of uncertainty and disbelief. Here's a new addition, that required some cleaning due to serious hornsilver. With the help of [USER=100731]@Roerbakmix[/USER], I believe it turned out very nice.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before:</p><p> [ATTACH=full]1160170[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>After:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1160171[/ATTACH]</p><p>It took 1 month of soaking, picking, brushing and chemical cleaning, to get to this point. I took it very easy, and slowly, so not to overclean it, or damage the coin otherwise.</p><p>Some spots remain, but I can surely live with that. It actually accentuates the devices.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin replaces the one below, which appeared to be a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/to-fake-or-not-to-fake-its-a-fake.358343/#post-4362602" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/to-fake-or-not-to-fake-its-a-fake.358343/#post-4362602">fake</a>, unfortunately. (Some did not agree with that conclusion, however <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1160174[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Limes, post: 4751478, member: 101013"]That's a great accomplishment [USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER]! And the portrait of your Vitellius is mighty fine, nothing wrong with adding that coin to your collection. I spent my saturday night re-watching FC Barcelone getting humiliated by Der Rekordmeister. In case any one cares, it concerns football and for many football enthousiasts that game marks the end of an era in so many ways. I'm still shocked and really need some time to process this! Luckily there's the stability of coining that can pull me out of this pitt of uncertainty and disbelief. Here's a new addition, that required some cleaning due to serious hornsilver. With the help of [USER=100731]@Roerbakmix[/USER], I believe it turned out very nice. Before: [ATTACH=full]1160170[/ATTACH] After: [ATTACH=full]1160171[/ATTACH] It took 1 month of soaking, picking, brushing and chemical cleaning, to get to this point. I took it very easy, and slowly, so not to overclean it, or damage the coin otherwise. Some spots remain, but I can surely live with that. It actually accentuates the devices. This coin replaces the one below, which appeared to be a [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/to-fake-or-not-to-fake-its-a-fake.358343/#post-4362602']fake[/URL], unfortunately. (Some did not agree with that conclusion, however :-)) [ATTACH=full]1160174[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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