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Manning19 New Member United States 36 Posts	Posted 03/25/2015 11:19 pm Looking to buy my first ancient...and I wanted some insight on cleaning potential. I have read and seen many of your projects...but was not sure how to tell what is "cleanable" and what is just the given patina... Here is a coin I was looking at, wondering is this the end product, or would this have an appearance change with a cleaning? Report this Post to the Staff

Paul Bulgerin Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 03/25/2015 11:31 pm I don't think there's much cleaning to be done on this coin. With the exception of perhaps a little light reddish dirt (?) above Nero's bust it looks like it's a pretty clean coin. I'd leave it as is. Paul Bulgerin Report this Post to the Staff
Ancientnoob Pillar of the Community United States 5155 Posts	Posted 03/25/2015 11:45 pm Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/26/2015 12:30 am . Any attempt to further clean this coin would remove the patina and ruin the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Gil-galad Pillar of the Community United States 2044 Posts	Posted 03/26/2015 04:20 am The patina is already somewhat thin as you can see from some of the high points on the coin on both sides. As everyone said, cleaning may not do the coin any good. Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 03/26/2015 05:11 am If you search ebay for "uncleaned roman coins" you will be able to see what a dirty coin looks like. Cleaning coins is a great way to learn but the groups that you buy are often full of "culls" or blank disks under the dirt. If I could keep two or three coins out of 10, I counted myself lucky. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 03/26/2015 08:09 am ANY attempt at further cleaning will be detrimental. It is quite a pleasing coin as it is, and certainly doesn't need improvement. To clean further would be do it an injustice. Report this Post to the Staff
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