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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LaCointessa, post: 2782726, member: 87186&quot;][USER=86367]@moneycostingmemoney[/USER] Hi MCmM! Did I recommend those crayon thingies? I did purchase them, but I got busy with real life and haven&#039;t had a chance to get back to my coin cleaning fun. </p><p><br /></p><p>I did decide, after reading and feedback from others here that OO is probably not the best way to go as it may serve to darken the color of the coin and I want to see what I really have under there.</p><p><br /></p><p>About the crayons, though, someone here on CT did write that&nbsp; they had great success with them but when I looked at the videos on YouTube, I did not see them working on any ancient coins with them and I see that what they are removing from the coins on those videos is caked on dirt. That doesn&#039;t look like what I have on my coins. I just don&#039;t see how the crayon could be used on my coins without leaving scratches on the surface. I don&#039;t want to damage these coins. &quot;First do no harm&quot; comes to mind. I do not like the idea of simply ruining a coin and saying: &quot;Oh well! Next!&quot; You know? So, maybe that also has a lot to do with being slow to get back to the activity.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am beginning to feel that although I own these delightfully precious pieces of tiny artistic antiquity, (even the crusty, cruddy ones), I hold them in trust for Future. I do not want to do anything to damage them. What if Future is unhappy that I cleaned them and would have preferred me to merely hold on to them for her? Can I not enjoy simply doing that? I think I <i>can</i>! Does that mean I am more of a coin collector or guardian?</p><p><br /></p><p>I am thinking about, and understanding more (I think) why, [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] would have liked a separate place altogether for a discussion of ancient coin cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>So much to think about, learn and discuss with others.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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