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Too bad, I was hoping that meant it protected the surface.
I'll pop them in some distilled water and see how it goes. When you say cleaning...you mean trading out the water and cleaning the container, not cleaning the coins, right?
Or maybe you do mean cleaning the coins...Taking a toothbrush to them?
Edited by harrison2
01/19/2013 3:17 pm
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Replace the water and give the coins a clean with a toothbrush  |
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Okay, thanks for clarifying...with moderns, that is a big no-no. :D
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get a toothpick also harrion, like the dirt on number 8 there and similar coins should kind of chip off. if you're going to practice cleaning on this lot, my want to try some needle also.
have fun cleaning!
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Thanks chrsmat71!
Should I stay away from using plastic devices? Metal?
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Yup, whole different ballgame. Uncleaned ancients are pretty much meant to be cleaned up. Cleaning doesn't usually take away from the value and appearance of an ancient; on the contrary, if done right, and the coin isn't totally mangled/worn down, the value will go up and appearance will be improved.
I agree with chrsmat, lightly scraping with a needle would work. Might also want to use a magnifying glass while your doing this, for the smaller spaces (like between letters for example).
Edited by VisigothKing
01/20/2013 12:58 am
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Well boys and girls, here we go! I have them soaking now. Truth be told, I think I can see at least SOME semblance of lines in them...they might not be IDable, but at least one or two might turn out to kind of look like a coin. (Although I doubt that #1 will ever look like more than a piece of missing armor!)
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01/21/2013 12:23 am
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Here are the initial results: I think I see the profile of someone.  Same coin, look like a trident or something to that affect.  The rest of the coins didn't show much except for this one. As someone pointed out, it was caked with something, a needle and some patience and that layer of caking was easily removed to reveal...a whole lot of nothing!    |
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Coin #1 looks promising but has a long ways to go. Be patient and let it soak for a few weeks. Changing the water frequently. Maybe after a couple of weeks I might start trying to remove the dirt with a toothpick or needle.
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yeah, go for the metal needle, at least give it a try...you're not really going to go wrong here. as gg says, try soaking for a while, like a week or so, then hit it again. also, there seems to be something magic about the transition from wet to dry that makes for good gunk removal. i'll pull them out of the water, give a wipe to dry partially, then start picking...stuff starts to come off the coin.
experiment and have fun!
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Sounds good guys. Thanks!
Question: Why change the water so often? Why did I have to go out and get distilled water?
I'm thinking that being distilled it is free of minerals that might be deposited and as such might act more like a sponge, absorbing things...but I might be way off on that one.
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I'm thinking that being distilled it is free of minerals that might be deposited and as such might act more like a sponge, absorbing things...but I might be way off on that one.  - correct, this is also why it is recommended for bronze disease, it helps remove the 'bad' minerals from the coin. |
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Okay, I think you guys might have infected me. If what I see on one side of both coins can be imagined to be bust and I use medal orientation, could there be a cross of some sort on one of these coins, and a man running on the other? Coin #3 from the original line up.
(Using my imagination, I can see a bust facing right)  The flip side:  
Coin #7 from the original line up.
(Using my imagination, I can see a bust facing right)  The flip side.   |
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there you go, I bet that first picture (#3)turns out to be a soldiers with standard, but would swear. seven is absolutely a fel temp fallen horseman. keep on a cleanin'!    |
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Wow! That's fantastic! Fallen temple horseman is a dead ringer. Looks like I have a LOT of work cut out for me. Could my horseman coin be hiding the same level of detail as the above example? It seems too corroded to me, but what do I know! As an aside, I did some digging on the horseman and found one site that noted it is "The most common coin found in uncleaned lots." |
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