First Attempt At Conservation With Hawthorn Branch

I had these two 1917 large cents in 2x2's and they were full of gunk
on the edges and in the lettering. I have a bounty of hawthorn in my
yard and some distilled water so I soaked the coins over night and
had at them with a stylus with hawthorn branch. The soaking was
important in getting the gunk soft to extract. I was not easy on the
coins and if they were valuable I would have taken more care. The
results are nice, still some small amounts by the stems of leaves and
around legends but better than when they started.

I'm off to the store for acetone.