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Pillar of the Community
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here's another cleaning success! before pic is after several weeks of cleaning, bad pic so sorry....  sellers original uncleaned pic is better than mine, you can see the campgate at the bottom middle.    very nice color with silvering! constantine i 326-328 ad constans-tivs avg providen-tiae avvg smts epsiolon in ex ric vii thessalonica 153 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well done. Cleaning coins is hard enough. Nice job. The coin looks great now! I would say you added value to it.
Who says you can't polish a turd? - Chris Mat did!
Edited by Ancientnoob
04/27/2013 7:44 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
946 Posts |
 Well done, how a Roman coin should be cleaned! |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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thanks guys!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
567 Posts |
Nice job.
I also see a nice posthumous Constnatine (draped, sanding) on the top row, third from the left. Nice pickups!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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thanks jcm, yeah...that one came out nice also.   |
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New Member
United Kingdom
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Nice job. How did you get them to that condition?  Edited by stryker
05/01/2013 11:52 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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when I first get them I soak for a few hours in water with a dab of dish soap then work with plastic toothpick and toothbrush, get the stuff that comes off easily. then stick them in distilled water..
wait a week, hit with metal needle (careful!) and toothbrush, again, getting what come off fairly easily...wash rinse and repeat until happy.
there are several skilled coin cleaners here, search the board and you'll find all sorts of helpfull hints from people who clean more than I do.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great job! Looks like so much fun.
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Valued Member
United States
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awesome job! those coins came out sweet! I just ordered 50 coins uncleaned on ebay, If I find any good ones, I'll share em too. My seller pic is just a stock photo though so I think you did a lot better with searching for a good picture of the un-cleaned coins. It's so much fun to find some treasures. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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yeah, it's probably a good idea to see the real pics before you buy...hunt a little next time if you bug gits you with you 50 coins. I hope you find some good ones though, post if you do!
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Posted 04/27/2013 7:58 pm
