If you have $90,000 and wish to practice your coin cleaning skills, this deal is for you. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/274270438572
Shouldn't the impurity's be on top? Wouldn't a coin dip work? I thought gold was impervious to corrosion?
The other thing to me is that, if you have a genuine ancient Roman gold coin that you’re going to price at 90K, wouldn’t you clean it? That just looks like garden-variety dirt on the coin. It doesn’t appear to me to be hard deposits. Note that I am studiously avoiding raising questions about that coin’s authenticity. I learned my lesson all long time ago when I weighed in and pronounced a coin fake, only to have an expert confirm it was genuine. That’s all I needed to learn that I didn’t know as much as I thought I did. But still, it seems unusual to have a coin of that quality, if genuine, not be cleaned as thoroughly as possible for the market, and then be sold on eBay by seller with only 73 feedback ratings. Since I don’t have $90,000, it’s a moot point for me. A “High rating low price” approach to pricing?
Yep, pretty much. Ancient coins are generally nearly 100% pure gold. I had a Constantius II solidus that had some type of red encrustation. I put it in battery acid an auto parts store and left it there for a few days. Came out looking brand new! The thing is - besides the ridiculous price - that that dirt can barely hold on to the gold as it is. It would probably wash off the second you put it in water. Rasiel
At only $75,000, this is a much more reasonable budget option. And it's cleaned! https://www.ebay.com/itm/extremely-...440838?hash=item3fdbcacd86:g:JJ4AAOSwv8ZdZD3b
