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<p>[QUOTE="JayAg47, post: 7925820, member: 112342"]Although most of my regrets are with bullions that I bought for really high premiums, with ancients I've been a bottom feeder so far, however this coin really made me regret my purchase.</p><p>Seller's image, the ugliest coin I bought for 100 usd, excluding shipping and taxes!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1369540[/ATTACH]Silver issues for the Chola dynasty are extremely scarce, so when I saw this coin being offered, I didn't think too much before buying it, but after the initial excitement wore off I just felt disappointed in buying such coin and thought I should've waited for a better one, the regret only got worse when I received the cruddy coin.</p><p>So to make it worth my money, I decided to do a proper cleaning, I treated it with acetone, used lemon juice and scraped the encrustations and dirt with toothpick, then again treated it with acetone and lemon juice, finally dropping it in an aluminium foil covered bowl containing hot water & sodium bicarbonate, after it cooled down I lightly cleaned it with a steel wool, and this is the result!</p><p>Definitely an upgrade to my eyes!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1369542[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JayAg47, post: 7925820, member: 112342"]Although most of my regrets are with bullions that I bought for really high premiums, with ancients I've been a bottom feeder so far, however this coin really made me regret my purchase. Seller's image, the ugliest coin I bought for 100 usd, excluding shipping and taxes! [ATTACH=full]1369540[/ATTACH]Silver issues for the Chola dynasty are extremely scarce, so when I saw this coin being offered, I didn't think too much before buying it, but after the initial excitement wore off I just felt disappointed in buying such coin and thought I should've waited for a better one, the regret only got worse when I received the cruddy coin. So to make it worth my money, I decided to do a proper cleaning, I treated it with acetone, used lemon juice and scraped the encrustations and dirt with toothpick, then again treated it with acetone and lemon juice, finally dropping it in an aluminium foil covered bowl containing hot water & sodium bicarbonate, after it cooled down I lightly cleaned it with a steel wool, and this is the result! Definitely an upgrade to my eyes! [ATTACH=full]1369542[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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