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mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 05/31/2016 02:39 am Please ID this coin with its approx. year, name of figure on this coin, country where minted, and valuation (if possible): Report this Post to the Staff

mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 05/31/2016 02:42 am I forgot to provide this data: 2.3 grams 16.5 mm x 18 mm Report this Post to the Staff
Athalbert Pillar of the Community Spain 629 Posts	Posted 05/31/2016 11:09 am roman republic denarius Cn. Plancius. Denarius 55, AR CN·PLANCIVS - AED·CVR·S·C Female head r., wearing causia . Rev. Cretan goat r.; behind, bow and quiver. Babelon Plancia 1. Sydenham 933. RBW 1541. Crawford 432/1. Report this Post to the Staff
mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 06/23/2016 02:10 am The reverse side of this coin obviously appears to have something obscuring the surface. What is this stuff and would removing it help to increase or decrease the resell value? What process and related chemical would be best to try to remove this? Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34430 Posts	Posted 06/23/2016 05:38 am @mdpmedia, as you likely know, you will get a wide variety of opinions here on cleaning ancients. I happen to be in the "don't" camp generally, and would just leave your coin as-is. I believe that the technical term for the discoloration on the rev is schmutz... "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
lrbguy Pillar of the Community United States 949 Posts	Posted 06/23/2016 09:59 am How can we discriminate the kind of material it is from a black and white image? If it is a slightly purplish-black, it might be "horn silver" which is very harmful. Can you give us a large image in color? Report this Post to the Staff
mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 06/24/2016 10:41 pm Quote: ...a large image in color. ...the best I can do: Just for the record these new photos' colors are slightly more brown compared to their real life colors which are actually very similar to the original ones I posted at the beginning of this thread. I processed these newer photos as shown to accent any features that are difficult to distinguish with the first set of photos etc. Thx for the assistance. Report this Post to the Staff
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