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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DorkNerd, post: 4211323, member: 101450&quot;]So this was one of the surprises I found in a group of big uncleaned coins from DOC. It looks burned or charred somehow.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was completely black and thickly encrusted when I first got it. </p><p>I can only make out some of the letters. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s what I entered in OCRE:<b> <u></u></b></p><p><b><u>Obverse</u></b>-impcaes*om*avg* <b><u></u></b></p><p><b><u>[ATTACH]1079351[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1079352[/ATTACH] </u></b></p><p><b><u>Reverse</u></b>-*vgvsti</p><p>[ATTACH]1079353[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1079354[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is the only link I get</p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).dom.116" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).dom.116" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_1(2).dom.116</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the measurements. </p><p><u><b>Thickness:</b></u>2-2.5mm</p><p><u><b>Width:</b></u>28mm</p><p><u><b>Weight:</b></u>12.3-12.7grams </p><p><br /></p><p>So with all this I&#039;m waiting on a gold testing kit, but if you would help me crush this delusion or reaffirm it, that would be appreciated. </p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. If this turns out to be a genuine gold coin, what would you pros recommend for cleaning it off? </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been soaking it in 35% Hydrogen peroxide, but now it seems like nothing else is coming off, and I don&#039;t want to scrape it anymore.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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