Advice On How Bad I Messed Up Cleaning Coins

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corvum New Member United States 11 Posts	Posted 03/24/2021 7:02 pm Hello I posted a while ago a Marcus Aurelius and Constantine II had them soak in olive oil and lemon juice for nearly 4 months. Cleaning with a coin cleaning kit seemed to be harsh IMO. Because I was comparing them to online ones. Also I don't intend on selling them but I do want them in good display condition. Please feel free to give me insight on how bad or good I did. And anything I can do to improve on it. These are my first ones since getting into ancient coins. Thank you for your time. Report this Post to the Staff

louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1304 Posts	Posted 03/24/2021 7:29 pm Well I went back to compare the photos and I don't think you did a bad job at all with this coin! Report this Post to the Staff
Parklane64 Rest in Peace United States 2668 Posts	Posted 03/24/2021 7:35 pm You're cool. Report this Post to the Staff
corvum New Member United States 11 Posts	Posted 03/24/2021 9:46 pm Quote: Well I went back to compare the photos and I don't think you did a bad job at all with this coin! Thank you all so much. How do you know when you're done? It's a dumb question but I don't know how far to go. Because I don't want to cross that taking off the patina line. I was cleaning off the olive oil and gave it a buff. I stopped when I saw that bronze peaking out. And from what I've read that is bad. Report this Post to the Staff
Paul Bulgerin Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 03/24/2021 11:30 pm I only use lemon juice for silver coins. It can do a real number on bronze coins. Paul Bulgerin Report this Post to the Staff
louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1304 Posts	Posted 03/24/2021 11:53 pm Well you are as far as you can go now. The surface is just corroded and the "next step" is smoothing and tooling to enhance facial features and lines which you don't want to do as everyone will know you did. That coin is done. And you did quite a lot! Report this Post to the Staff
travelcoin Pillar of the Community United States 1120 Posts	Posted 03/25/2021 11:59 am I agree leave it as is. The patina is still intact. Just my opinion, the first coin's portrait looks like it's Antoninus Pius. Report this Post to the Staff
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