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Renaissance Wax

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 Posted 01/06/2012  8:43 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add tevlon to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Is this good to use on silver coins or just bronze? Or is it better not to use as silver doesn't tarnish easily.
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 Posted 01/06/2012  8:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nickelsearcher to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I use it all the time as a professional woodworker ... but have not heard of applications in the Coin World?

Looking forward to any educated replies.

David
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 Posted 01/06/2012  11:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oxos to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Renaissance wax can be used on almost anything. It was formulated in England I believe and museums use it on leather, wood, swords and yes on Roman coins, both silver and bronze. I wouldn't hesitate to use it on silver coins.
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 Posted 01/06/2012  11:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Some older discussions on the use of ren wax on coins, both ancient and modern, here and here. As Oxos stated, the ren wax formula was originally invented by the British Museum for artefact preservation, and as far as I know the entire British Museum coin collection has been ren waxed, gold, silver and base-metal.
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Thanks guys. I have lots of bronze. Just got my first medieval silver. It looks more like silver than some coins I have from the 60's so I wasnt sure if I should use it.
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