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Medieval

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Posted 12/29/2014 05:37 am

Poll Question
Here three Kushan coins which spent some time in olive oil, enough to be able to attribute them (have to go through Mitchiner for details). Seems whatever is left of the green stuff is inactive, but some could probably be still removed:

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Obverse: King standing facing / Reverse: Ardochsho enthroned facing

Tentative attribution: Kanishka II

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Obverse: King standing facing / Reverse: Shiva standing facing, Bull Nandi behind facing left

Tentative attribution: Vasishka

Now the question is:

Should I let the coins bath more or leave them as they are?

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Leave them as they are	50%	4 Votes
Clean some some more - state which ones	0%	0 Votes
All need some more time in olive oil	50%	4 Votes

Poll Status: Open
Total Votes: 8 Counted
Last Vote: 12/29/2014 12:46 pm

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kanga

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Posted 12/29/2014 08:36 am

The "green" is most likely verdigris.
Whatever damage it's formation could have caused has already happened.

>> BEFORE YOU ACT ON MY SUGGESTION WAIT FOR OTHERS TO CHIME IN <<

There is a product called Verdi-care that will remove the "green".

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pishpash

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Posted 12/29/2014 11:43 am

They don't have BD. I would leave them alone now.

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echizento

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Posted 12/29/2014 12:10 pm

Other than you may want to brush them with a soft brush, they don't need any more soaking.

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chuy1530

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Posted 12/29/2014 5:35 pm

I used Verdi-care on some culls as an experiment and it did remove that type of green when I left it in for a few hours. I can't say I really recommend it though, because the surface under the green is likely to be worse looking than the green itself.

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Medieval

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Posted 12/29/2014 5:58 pm

Just out of curiosity 'chuy1530', after you cleaned those culls you probably had patches of significantly different colour - did you soak them in olive oil after to get a more even colour?

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