This person, that apparently has about 40 years experience, says that electrolysis is the best way to go for ancient coins, and he even goes so far as to say that patina is merely "a barrier for environmental oxidation", and that the surface beneath is actually mint state. When I said that I was going to discuss this on these forums, he immediately stopped commenting. He also said that I said something about steel picks in my original post, but I said "a nylon brush and some distilled water".
Here is the video for those that want to view the argument. My username is DanDaMan020, for those who were wondering!
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The comment war is the very top set of comments, I believe.
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Interesting video, I take it that it's your's. The process used works well on lightly encrusted coins and is OK to use from the start. But most coins don't start out as good, so before using picks it's best to soak the coins in either distilled water or olive oil first. I prefer olive oil. Other than that the video was well made.
The video isn't the OP's, it is from a prolific ebay seller of ancients who is a frequent poster/(advertiser) on FAC.
Nice video and result, but of course each coin is unique in its state and requires a cleaning process that may or may not be specific only to that particular coin.
doesn't look like the guy has a clue what he's talking about. For the record, I used a steel pick...especially useful for polishing off the last bits of dirt.
I refrained from commenting on electrolysis, afterall, how many times can you hear the same opinions.
IMO, electrolysis is always always a last resort. Personally I have NEVER seen any good results although I am sure there must be a success story out there somewhere.
The video itself is a good marketing ploy. 80,000 views with a link to your ebay store. That works well.
I had a strong feeling watching that this was a pitch to sell uncleaned ancients. I suspect some 'fakery' as the coin looks too good. I believe he probably took a clean AE and applied some clay which air dried. It all seemed to come off much to easily with little or no effort.
Judging by the accent I am thinking he is a neighbor in the 'great white' north ! One of the MacKenzie Bros !
Since you like history that much 'Augustus_Maximus', "Das Kapital" should be compulsory reading for you - contains a lot of social history information of the period it was written in.
Very true , though I don't want to talk politics , Das Kapital was a very good read and I think it should be ranked higher than Marx's other book ( if you catch my drift). I first read it in I think 11 grade , and yes I will be back of GTE in a liitle while.
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Posted 01/08/2015 1:34 pm
With F.R. Looks like a marketing ploy. The only words in German I know describe this situation "Das Kapital"
