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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moneycostingmemoney, post: 2783463, member: 86367&quot;][USER=74282]@red_spork[/USER] Nice work on that nice coin! </p><p>The only thing I&#039;m hesitant about is spending that much on something I may ruin...at this point. I feel like I can learn with these cheaper pieces I picked up and not feel too bad if it ends up looking like I did it with 80 grit. If I&#039;m still enjoying the experience and see improvement with my technique and final product I&#039;ll be more comfortable going in on something like that in that range. </p><p>The first pieces I got came from an old dirty coins site and I picked the coins blindly from supposed eras. As far as I can tell the coins that are coming back, slowly but surely, are from when they said they were. However, had I known one of the medieval coins, the holy land coin and the Byzantine would be in the shape they were, I would have saved myself about $15 not going in. But then again the seller may throw a couple slugs in with coins that may turn out OK just to keep someone from complaining about the lot as a whole. </p><p>My last purchase was from the bay and I could see enough markings on it to know it wasn&#039;t going to be a waste of time(to me that just means cleaning for nothing). It came to my door for less than $5 so I figured...what the heck. I&#039;ll give it a shot and see what happens. From what I&#039;ve cleared from it so far I&#039;ve taken it to this</p><p>[ATTACH=full]644594[/ATTACH] </p><p>From this</p><p>[ATTACH=full]644595[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;(I apologize for the photos, the originals I had to rip from eBay because I was so eager to get it soaking I forgot to do the before pic) searching the markings I found a silver Spanish peso from 1739 that matches this side, but the other side doesn&#039;t match at all. I still have much soaking and scrubbing to do, but just bringing that coin that far in a couple days has really motivated me to keep at it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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