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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 4618210, member: 87404&quot;]Thanks! The Nero wasn&#039;t as bad as the others.&nbsp; It was soaking in DW and manual picking with toothpick and a straight dental-like pick that my wife had from her pottery days.&nbsp; It was mostly hard dirt on there.&nbsp; The Agrippa wasn&#039;t too bad for the white parts, but the corrosion takes a lot of work and sore fingers, fingertips, and hand just working and working at it. Soaking in DW, I even tried to see if any chemicals under my bathroom sink (like soap scum, hard water, mildew remover stuff) worked and it really didn&#039;t soften it up at all. This was the same process and stuff for the Caligula as well, only it took much more time and effort than the Agrippa.&nbsp; I had gotten them at the same time so worked on one while the other soaked, and tag-teamed them.&nbsp; No magic, just hard work. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. (That Caligula was HARD!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Nero thread: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/before-after-cleaning-a-nero-victory-as.327439/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/before-after-cleaning-a-nero-victory-as.327439/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/before-after-cleaning-a-nero-victory-as.327439/</a></p><p>Agrippa &amp; Caligula thread: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/guess-the-crusty-coin-and-their-journey-to-clean.328892/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/guess-the-crusty-coin-and-their-journey-to-clean.328892/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/guess-the-crusty-coin-and-their-journey-to-clean.328892/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>More recently, I did successfully use Verdicare to help soften some hard green coating on a Bruttium coin</p><p><br /></p><p>Before:</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/incollage_20200528_172733319.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>After: </p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/incollage_20200528_172036803.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Thread which showed it&#039;s progress here: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-handful-of-new-coins-some-needed-work.360938/#post-4542052" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-handful-of-new-coins-some-needed-work.360938/#post-4542052">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-handful-of-new-coins-some-needed-work.360938/#post-4542052</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And a Caracalla denarius from last year:</p><p><br /></p><p>After/Midway/Before:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/collagemaker_20190511_132549542-jpg.934863/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s thread: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sour-puss-caracalla-lemon-juice-tips.337913/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sour-puss-caracalla-lemon-juice-tips.337913/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sour-puss-caracalla-lemon-juice-tips.337913/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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