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Valued Member
United States
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I've been watching this one for three days and just won the bid. Again, bought it instinct and eye appeal. I think I could improve it with some accepted archival quality cleaning. My other hobby is fine woodworking, so I like working with my hands doing what many would consider monotonous but I get blissfully lost in the process. Any comments are encouraged. I'd love some cleaning tips. Distilled water and olive oil are my preferred solvents. But I know how to work with volatile compounds if last resort calls for them. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Constans-GL...p=true&rt=nc |
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Moderator
 United States
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It's a nice looking coin with excellent detail and well centered. At $9.50 it's just about at what I would pay for it.
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Valued Member
United States
419 Posts |
Little tip- if you are going t clean, use verdi-care or 100% pure accetone ONLY.
You can use distled water and olive oil, but not nearly as good.
Edited by HelzelsCoins
12/09/2012 9:09 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
110 Posts |
HelzelsCoins:
Thanks for the advice about verdi-care or acetone. I'll start with acetone since I have some.
I'll post my results as I go.
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Moderator
United States
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Acetone works fine on silver coins, but I don't recommend using it on copper or bronze. I have not tried Verdi-care so I have no idea how it works on ancients. IMO distilled water, olive oil, and hydrogen peroxide are the one that I am comfortable using.
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Valued Member
United States
110 Posts |
Competing camps are represented. echizento makes a good point with the less volatile thus less harsh solvents. I like simple things and doing archival work, I always remain mindful to first do no harm. I'll study more before tearing into my first cleaning job on a virtually irreplaceable coin, even if it is less than ten bucks. It's a valued relic to me as all my coins are. I'll practice on the two dollar coins coming from Spain.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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nice coin CA, good pick up.  I'm in the distilled water camp. yesterday I took an 1853 US Half Dime with me to show my dad, left it in my shirt pocked, and my wife brought it in to me from the dryer.....guess it got missed in the clothes check. so I guess I cleaned that one on large load, fast then slow cycle, with 30 minutes dry on medium. coin came out ok, but I wouldn't suggest using this technique.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
That should clean up nicely with careful conservation. I cleaned one of this type with a distilled water soak--and very careful picking off encrustation.I also think the seller frequents this forum.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1045 Posts |
I just noticed this thread and clicked the link to see the coin, and I was surprised to see that I am the seller!!  Be gentle with my baby and thank you. -Kurt |
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Valued Member
United States
110 Posts |
Biancasdad:
Small world, Kurt. I found your reminder to buy the coin in the same way. I couldn't reply because I hadn't hit fifty posts. It was a comforting surprise, because I trust this network already.
Thanks for my first keeper. I'm looking forward to being very careful as I work to conserve it for future generations.
During art school, I worked in a top rated frame shop that worked for the Indianapolis Museum of Art. I learned state of the art conservation techniques, and though the skills are not directly related, I do have the mind set to treat all one of a kind objects as irreplaceable and easily damaged by clumsy hands.
Steven
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Cheers Steven!
Nice to know the coin will be appreciated and taken care of. Enjoy, and thank you.
-Kurt
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Pillar of the Community
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Great looking coin and a great price ... congrats!!
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