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<p>[QUOTE="ambr0zie, post: 8201589, member: 80952"]One of my first Vespasian denarii, purchased in the first auction, when I bought 3 group lots, has a similar "problem"</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1437248[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently somebody tried cleaning it and the general aspect looks cleaned but the green deposits remained. Partially I think. </p><p><br /></p><p>My opinion - do no try to clean yours. There are people even here on CT doing a great job in cleaning this type of deposits. But I suspect that even if you manage to remove the green deposits, the traces on the fields will still be visible, resulting spots in different color, even more distracting than the actual situation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, this is my personal opinion - those deposits are a sign that the coin is almost 2000 years old and even if on an older thread a member had a completely different opinion - I think it adds character to the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ambr0zie, post: 8201589, member: 80952"]One of my first Vespasian denarii, purchased in the first auction, when I bought 3 group lots, has a similar "problem" [ATTACH=full]1437248[/ATTACH] Apparently somebody tried cleaning it and the general aspect looks cleaned but the green deposits remained. Partially I think. My opinion - do no try to clean yours. There are people even here on CT doing a great job in cleaning this type of deposits. But I suspect that even if you manage to remove the green deposits, the traces on the fields will still be visible, resulting spots in different color, even more distracting than the actual situation. Again, this is my personal opinion - those deposits are a sign that the coin is almost 2000 years old and even if on an older thread a member had a completely different opinion - I think it adds character to the coin.[/QUOTE]
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