1652 Pine Tree Shilling Noe 29

Ahab8, have you researched much into the less-intrusive forms of cleaning? We both know your digs will almost all be Details coins in a slab, but Details coins gain value for eye appeal far more even than original-surface coins. This coin is not the best example - I like the look - but it may be to your financial advantage down the road to maybe get some "less clean" on a case-by-case basis.

Hey Dave I'm very open to any and all advice and promise you guys can't hurt my feelings. If I do something wrong please let me know. Obviously this particular coin could be an expensive lesson learned.
When I gently rinsed the dirt off the tree coin it had a really weird looking brownish red tint to it. So I placed it in lemon juice to try to make it look a bit better. I tried to keep a nice dark toning as I didn't want it bright and shiny. I would love to hear any advice from you or others on cleaning techniques or whatnot. I love this forum btw. Excited to learn as much as possible. The one saving grace on the tree coin is that I have no intentions of selling it. If I dug a NE Shilling worth $100,000 that would be a whole different story lol

i think its still very pleasing being lightly cleaned, esp for a ground find. the hole isn't very distracting either. I think you could probably get $1800 on a good day. but I wouldn't sell it.