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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pishpash, post: 2209690, member: 71514&quot;]It is hard to tell without having seen the coin in its original condition. </p><p><br /></p><p>Soaking usually takes a few days or weeks.&nbsp; You want the minerals to leach out of the coin into the water.&nbsp; You then have to make sure you can seen no sign of disease after picking at what was there.</p><p><br /></p><p>I dry stuff out using those silica gel packets, the sort that you find in new handbags and cameras.&nbsp; Blowing it with the hairdryer might dry off the surface but if there is moisture within the coin it is unlikely to dry that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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