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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1511 Posts |
Wow... Quite the difference!
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
Mixed feelings on this one. On the one hand, wow, look what was under the crud, on the other, it looks as though it has been stripped back to the metal which is a shame. It would have been better had some of the patina remained.
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Valued Member
Netherlands
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That's pretty nifty. I have not yet received similar results. Perhaps that's for the best, considering Pishpash' reaction and the fact that I received my coins from pishpash. ;)
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
Dead right Michael, you be careful!
Seriously, always retain the patina, it does no favours to the coin to strip it back.
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Moderator
 United States
23731 Posts |
In the case of this coin in order to bring out the details it pretty much had to be cleaned liked this. I would also prefer to have some of the patina left.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2596 Posts |
Nice coin. how was it cleaned?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5155 Posts |
I am with Pish, on this one. Mixed feelings. Wow great details but the coin has almost completely been depatinized. I suppose it what whatever the owner likes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4981 Posts |
yeah, I usually cringe when I see a coin with no patina. I think it was a good move where however, the coin is a poor shape and the patina really obscured the details that were there.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2596 Posts |
Its too late now for the patina but it should tone up in the future.
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Valued Member
Norway
148 Posts |
This coin has been "zapped". Electrolysis. Only way to get rid of all the gunk on crusted romans. The patina is stripped away, but heck of a lot nicer now, than it was. I've zapped loads of coins, and they usually turn up very nice.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Posted 05/17/2014 10:16 am
