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Edited by FVRIVS RVFVS
02/28/2013 5:47 pm
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Sorry I was in such a rush between cooking dinner and running out to get the wife I left the ID's to your imagination ! Caracalla and Clodius Albinus. The Clodius is a little weak but the price was well under $100 and I just couldn't resist. Believe it or not the Caracalla came in under $100 also. Still I sold my brother a few pieces to justify it.
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Wow nice pick up on an Albinus!
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The 'green' on Caracalla is troubling to me. Unlike Clodius where is is hard and shiny on Caracalla is is dull and somewhat soft. Not fuzzy and powdery but a small piece came off with my finger nail and it does have that bright green color. Might be part of the reason I got it cheap !
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oh, ok....nice pick ups FR!
i thought that first coin may have BD, the green seemed a bit ligther in color. i'd give that the ol' distilled water treatment just to make sure.
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Yes FR, these are some nice coins, I love these big bad boys, I would agree with Chris and drop it in some distilled water for a week and rinse, keep it up if its BD you need to get it stop, also don't put it back in the same flip.. very nice coins...  |
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Nice details on those two!  The orange encrustation has me intrigued--I haven't seen that before on a bronze coin. Is it perhaps rust from an object that touched the coin?  |
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The orange is unusual and it seems to be associated with the green 'stuff'. I had satisfied myself that it wasn't BD as neither seemed to be other than 'hard' surface encrustation. Before I took photos I applied a small dab of 'Blue Ribbon' which may have softened the green parts after a few hours sitting under a lamp (orange is still rock hard). I am going to 'watch' for a while and maybe try a toothpick to see if more comes off. It was more like a small chip that broke away and not the powder that I usually see on problem coins.
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Hmm...given the hardness of the orange encrustation, I'd guess there's some iron in it? It's certainly not a color associated with copper or silver corrosion. I was briefly concerned the orange stuff had sulfur in it, which could break down into sulfuric acid and east eat away the coin. Edited by DVCollector
03/01/2013 3:44 pm
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The orange is very hard and shows no sign of being either 'active' or wanting to go anywhere without a fight. Most of the coin had a dull greenish layer thinly spread on both sides. An overnight application of 'Blue Ribbon' and a morning wipe and buff gave fantastic results. Sometimes less is more. Original Seller Photo - Coin was 'bone dry'  After an overnite soak with 'Blue Ribbon'  Of course differences in lighting help. But 80% of the green is gone. The rest has been darkened by the solution. Edited by FVRIVS RVFVS
03/01/2013 2:14 pm
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FR, what is "blue ribbon"? this is first thing that came to mind...  this evening, I'm going to give myself a treatment of sam adams!  |
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Unfortunately it is very hard to find any. The EPA banned some of the solvents in it. About twenty years ago I discovered that 'Olde English' oil furniture polish was essentially the same thing. I had a bottle and after I got married my wife used it one day .... all of it. I had to start buying it in the coin shop for $7 a tiny bottle. Now I can't find it anywhere.  Edited by FVRIVS RVFVS
03/01/2013 2:58 pm
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oh ok, intersting....never heard of that stuff before.
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As far as I know Olde English is still round, though I've never heard of it being use on coins.
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