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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
Quite pleased. There are some feint marks on the reverse that I think will clean up. Before:   After:   |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
4208 Posts |
Nice. Those brown marks may be copper where the silver content has been significantly reduced by the corrosion.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
604 Posts |
It looks much better  How did you clean it? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3443 Posts |
The Revolt of Vindex !
Edited by FVRIVS RVFVS
03/27/2015 09:56 am
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New Member
United States
36 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
Ben, I think it actually just a bit of dirt.
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
1194 Posts |
dirt or corrosion , it is an unbelievable result.albert
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
623 Posts |
Great job on the clean up looks much better.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5155 Posts |
Aww no! You scraped the paint off!!
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Moderator
 United States
23731 Posts |
Excellent job, looks so much better.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5155 Posts |
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Valued Member
United States
138 Posts |
Great job! I had the same Gordian III Laetitia Antoninus...It was too corroded to a point where I got chipped at the bottom, however the details were remarkable! https://goccf.com/t/179739&whichpage=1 |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
It seems that verdigris is nowhere as invasive on silver / copper alloys, as it is on high copper bronze alloys, or pure copper.
Probably explains why Windex worked so well in this case.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
Windex? Cant't get it in the UK.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
Domestic window cleaner solutions all have much the same formula. They are an alcohol and detergent mixture in a water base with a trace of (usually) blue colour, to make the intending purchaser feel nice about them. Defogging and anti streak chemicals are often added.
Water, alcohol and detergent are all very good solvents in their own right.
The fact that they, in combination, have been able to assist in the removal of inorganic verdigris in this case, is a bit harder to understand.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
No window cleaner used on my coin.
Phoenician, I remember that coin very well :)
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Posted 03/27/2015 09:06 am
