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Valued Member
 Canada
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Hi !
My coin's are uncleaned. I find that it's very long to clean them if it take several month !
Anyway I will start by something. I will try the method of olive oil. Tonight I will make a scan to show what is it exactly.
Someone try easy off ? I do not remember where but I already see something about that.
THanks !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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NO! Do not use easy off on them. It will take some time to clean them if they are heavily encrusted. If you see detail already then a short soak of a week or so in Olive Oil may be all you need. Oven cleaner will destroy them.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Dealing with uncleaned ancient coins is NOT for everyone. Imagine a coin encrusted with concrete, if you will, and then imagine realizing that it may take months and even more than a year to uncrust it. If your first impulse would be to hit it with a hammer, this aspect of the coin hobby isn't for you. Yes, olive oil and distilled water are your main tools in decrusting ancient coins, NOT chemicals.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Hi ! Today I receive the 2nd lot that I buy. I have now 19 coin's. On the picture at the top it's the first lot and the second lot are at the bottom. Please check them and give me comments. Thanks !  *** finally I don't know what make to make the picture bigger. Please go directly at http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/...iencoink.jpgThanks again Edited by yves
07/24/2009 6:56 pm
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Moderator
 Australia
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Yves, all you need to do to get the big picture is to put the URL you entered above in between IMG tags. In this case, the URL is the same as the URL you already entered, but without the ".th" part. Like this: Now, back to your coins. Yes, most of these do indeed look like they need more cleaning. How much extra cleaning depends on your personal ethic. There are the minimalists, who say that a coin should only be cleaned up to the point where it can be identified; then you should stop. Others prefer to clean their coins up to a certain level or standard. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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OK, The top 10 coins will require several months of saoking in olive oil. The bottom 9 will only take a couple of weeks at the most.
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Valued Member
Canada
274 Posts |
HI !
SAP : I don't see what you tell about " .th" ?
Please write me your link with a "." or something like that for that I see them.
Tim : thanks... today it's day 2 lol
Thanks !
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Valued Member
Canada
304 Posts |
here is a coin I partly cleaned, first by soaking in olive oil for a few weeks, then by carefully working around the fine details with a pin and very light pressure under a bright light and a 10x mag. You can clearly see where there is thick incrustation and where I cleaned and I'm very happy with the results so far; enough detail to identify the coin without any damage to the surface:   |
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Moderator
Australia
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SAP : I don't see what you tell about " .th" ?
Please write me your link with a "." or something like that for that I see them. In the above post, you've got the following code to show the little tiny picture: [IM G]ht tp://img254.imageshack.us/img254/4839/anciencoink.jpg[/I MG] What you needed to do (and what I did) to show the large picture is: [IM G]ht tp://img254.imageshack.us/img254/4839/anciencoink.jpg[/I MG] Almost exactly the same code, only without the ".th" near the end (which presumably stands for "thumbnail"). It's also exactly the same URL that you've put in as a link in your post, only I put it in between IMG tags. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
505 Posts |
Ive always used olive oil,but,then I let the coins soak for 6 months....But thats just me,you can soak them for lesser periods
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Valued Member
Canada
274 Posts |
Hi !
THanks to everybody for your last comment's
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New Member
Belarus
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Almost all ancient coins need to be cleaned. Try to use olive oil.
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Moderator
United States
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I just put 7 in a soak of distilled water. 1 looks nicely off center. Will check progress periodically.
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Valued Member
Canada
274 Posts |
Hi !
I'm back to my coin's today !
I had soap them in olive oil for abouth 6 month and after that brush them with teeth brush, I soak them for few minute in soap to remove the oil and a soak them again in olive oil for a another 6 month and tonight I brush again.
I thing that the coin look better but it's not perfect after 1 year lol
Does a must soak them again ?
THanks !
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Valued Member
Canada
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