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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moneycostingmemoney, post: 2783057, member: 86367&quot;]Hi LCT! Indeed you did! The baked on grime that in dealing with is pretty ridiculous, but I&#039;ve been taking my time and not gouging the coins. I&#039;ve been using all 4 crayons and am finding each one (less the two picks, each is doing the same thing) to have great purpose. I use the scalpel at plane with the tops of the flat devices and stop when the metal is close to being exposed. With the picks I trace the devices and the meche I use to lightly go over the whole coin until it stops dirtying the cloth I check it on, again stopping if it looks like the metal is close to being exposed. </p><p>It&#039;s all in what you feel is the best for your experience. I don&#039;t think future you will regret giving it a shot unless present you (at the time of success/failure) doesn&#039;t see it as a learning experience. I look at the coins I purchased to try my hand on as canvases that will be trashed so all I can do is improve from there. My work ethic keeps me from allowing that to happen at all costs, but I&#039;m realistic in seeing this as my first attempt. If it ends up being a $5k coin that I trashed...so be it. It didn&#039;t cost me that much therefore I only lost the few dollars I spent to get into it. I do, as well, respect these tiny pieces of artistry past, but the only way to do it is to do it to it. </p><p>I have read that the OO will darken the coin, but I figure anything is better than the finish it had when it came to me. I don&#039;t feel I&#039;ll be doing it a disservice by giving it a little tan. I just hope that once I finish I will be able to attribute it and learn from it. Even if I destroy what&#039;s left of the coin it will stay in my collection and be a postcard from this venture I embarked upon. </p><p>I think either way you decide to go with your coins you&#039;ll be happy with it. But if you do decide to scrape away please share your adventure![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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