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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 3070340, member: 26302&quot;]Hey guys, he is a new collector. A newbie needs to learn. </p><p><br /></p><p>OP, it simply takes experience to know when to stop cleaning a coin. It is hard to know if what is underneath is worth removing some patina to show, or whether like your coin I would have guessed is most likely grainy and to stop at a &quot;desert patina&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>No real way to know, but I will say most spot finds like your coin, (most likely found buried in the dirt and not in a jar, you can tell by the layers of dirt on it), have some corrosion from the centuries. That is why most coins like this people stop at a &quot;desert patina&quot;, because the coin underneath most likely has problems that removing all dirt and patina will expose. </p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome to ancient collecting, full of regrets, trials and tribulations, and a whole lot of FUN. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Don&#039;t sweat it, but learn from the experiences.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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