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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;catadc, post: 3530242, member: 103515&quot;]It is improbable that I will ever wonder if someone else would had done a better job cleaning a Constantia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, a good example of “leave it as it is” coin – the Constantive quadriga commemorative that was showing in the upper right corner of the first photo cleaned easily to show a zombie-looking-like emperor. The obverse covered in dirt was nice, as the dirt was covering all the holes and imperfections and created a very good contrast for the entire high relief of the coin. Cleaning this coin gives me the same feeling as watching an youtube video where a beautiful Asian takes off her extreme make-up to reveal an ugly old lady. Would you rather keep the nice-looking coin with the desert patina, without knowing what’s underneath or risk to confirm that an ugly uncleaned duckling turns in most cases into an ugly cleaned duck? Maybe one day I will apply a desert make-up on this ugliness.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second try was another failure – a DN CONSTA-NS PF AUG / FEL TEMP REPARATIO. The emperor had some white crystals getting out of his long neck and I cannot really picture the phoenix or its support.</p><p><br /></p><p>Third try was much better. CONSTANTI-VS PF AVG / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS / Gamma SIS. Some chipping of the patina on the emperor’s armor (wasn’t me). The other grey is dirt, which I did not insist cleaning – is good enough for me, and whoever will inherit it, can clean the rest. </p><p><br /></p><p>Next on the w.i.p. list – the coin with trimmed edge, which seems to be a Spes Reipublice, and another badly encrusted one, which seems to be a Vota – both very worn. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]937994[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]937995[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]937996[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]937997[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]937998[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]937999[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]938000[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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