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<p>[QUOTE="catadc, post: 3574341, member: 103515"]Update: been really busy lately, so cleaned only a Constantius II - fallen horseman - Siscia - patchy patina and a (taking a wild guess due to the legend off flan and really worn reverse) - Claudius Gothicus - Ivno Regina, this one from an older lot. No pictures, but assume bad looking slugs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Got the Bulgarian lot of what appears to be harshly cleaned and repatinated with desert patina, although the seller claims that nobody will bother to repatinate cheap coins. He might be right, but intend to practice exactly that on those coins - cleaning and repatinating, so I will have the practical experience on how that looks. </p><p><br /></p><p>Got the English lot, and had few surprises: </p><p>-there were 50% more coins than I expected (seller did not mention the number)</p><p>-coins look like retrieved from a tar pit, or maybe oiled for "protection" by somebody long time ago, so the dirt became an oily concrete</p><p>-seems that someone tried to clean a few (less than 5) and quit. Had a look at one under the microscope and he clearly took the right decision to quit. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>- many super small coins - I can see already 20 Arcadius max AE4, 20+ small votas, 20+ small Gloria exercitus plus others... Few AE2 (recognized a Probus and a Reparatio reipub). 120 coins in total</p><p><br /></p><p>I am really curious how the English lot will clean, given the tarry look. Maybe I need to replace the distilled water with some white spirit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="catadc, post: 3574341, member: 103515"]Update: been really busy lately, so cleaned only a Constantius II - fallen horseman - Siscia - patchy patina and a (taking a wild guess due to the legend off flan and really worn reverse) - Claudius Gothicus - Ivno Regina, this one from an older lot. No pictures, but assume bad looking slugs. Got the Bulgarian lot of what appears to be harshly cleaned and repatinated with desert patina, although the seller claims that nobody will bother to repatinate cheap coins. He might be right, but intend to practice exactly that on those coins - cleaning and repatinating, so I will have the practical experience on how that looks. Got the English lot, and had few surprises: -there were 50% more coins than I expected (seller did not mention the number) -coins look like retrieved from a tar pit, or maybe oiled for "protection" by somebody long time ago, so the dirt became an oily concrete -seems that someone tried to clean a few (less than 5) and quit. Had a look at one under the microscope and he clearly took the right decision to quit. :) - many super small coins - I can see already 20 Arcadius max AE4, 20+ small votas, 20+ small Gloria exercitus plus others... Few AE2 (recognized a Probus and a Reparatio reipub). 120 coins in total I am really curious how the English lot will clean, given the tarry look. Maybe I need to replace the distilled water with some white spirit.[/QUOTE]
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