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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2666841, member: 74282&quot;]A few months back I shared a &quot;staff&quot; series victoriatus that I had purchased uncleaned and sent in for cleaning <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-really-took-this-coin-to-the-cleaners.287281/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/i-really-took-this-coin-to-the-cleaners.287281/">in this thread</a>. Well, I recently managed to score another extremely rare(in this case, even moreso than before) fully anonymous victoriatus and this one uncleaned as well. I discussed the coin with my friend who cleaned the &quot;staff&quot; victoriatus and he&#039;s offered to give this one the same treatment and I told him I&#039;d get back to him once I have it in-hand. I&#039;ve spent the last few days thinking about it and I&#039;m still completely undecided so I&#039;d like to get the opinions of my fellow collectors here: Would you have this coin cleaned or leave it as-is?</p><p><br /></p><p>To give a bit more context, in its current state I&#039;ve been fully able to identify the type of course, and even further than that I&#039;ve matched both the obverse and reverse dies against published examples in the British Museum and Paris and an example sold by NAC so cleaning will not reveal any additional information in that regard. Additionally, the cost of cleaning is not really a concern for me: if I decide to go the &quot;clean&quot; route it&#039;ll be done by a third party as I don&#039;t trust myself in these matters. I&#039;m mostly trying to weigh the over/under on whether or not the cleaning will reveal a less attractive coin or even in the worst case scenario completely destroy the coin altogether.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin in question:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]592888[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Full ID for the curious: Roman Republic AR Victoriatus(2.75g, 17mm). Anonymous. ca. 211-208 B.C. Uncertain mint. Laureate head of Jupiter right. Border of dots / Victory standing right, crowning trophy with wreath. ROMA in exergue. Line border. Crawford 90/2[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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