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<p>[QUOTE="Plumbata, post: 3557081, member: 96864"]Hah, I missed this thread the first go-around and was greatly amused to see that the subject was a coin that I happened to buy earlier today.</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks rather scuzzy right now but I've been getting pretty good at cleaning coins and since the surfaces look solid I'm pretty confident that all the crud can be removed, which should reveal a pretty decent portrait. It was about 16 bucks so while not a steal it appeared as though it would be a fun candidate to attempt a mix of electrochemical treatment and manual picking under a 20x binocular 'scope on. I had no idea what the "scythe" item was, and while I'm now envious of some of the superb renderings of Dacia and the standard shared here I greatly appreciate the lesson about the Dacian Draco!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]945636[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]945637[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Plumbata, post: 3557081, member: 96864"]Hah, I missed this thread the first go-around and was greatly amused to see that the subject was a coin that I happened to buy earlier today. It looks rather scuzzy right now but I've been getting pretty good at cleaning coins and since the surfaces look solid I'm pretty confident that all the crud can be removed, which should reveal a pretty decent portrait. It was about 16 bucks so while not a steal it appeared as though it would be a fun candidate to attempt a mix of electrochemical treatment and manual picking under a 20x binocular 'scope on. I had no idea what the "scythe" item was, and while I'm now envious of some of the superb renderings of Dacia and the standard shared here I greatly appreciate the lesson about the Dacian Draco! [ATTACH=full]945636[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]945637[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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