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New Member
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Some years, over a period time walking along the Thames foreshore close to London Bridge I found a few hammered coins. They are black and dirty looking as per the example. This one I believe to be a Henry VIII silver penny. My question is: how best should I clean it and the others I have which are in a similar condition?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I wouldn't clean them. You may be able to have them professionally restored, but any cleaning you do will only destroy any value they have. I would keep them as they are in original condition.
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Pillar of the Community
Egypt
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ditto what David said. If the coin can be attributed there's no need for any cleaning.
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New Member
 United Kingdom
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Many thanks for your all your responses. When first found I identified it as a 2nd coinage 'Sovereign' type of Durham.
Now having some difficulty, so there must be some deterioration since first found, unfortunately.
I might get it professionally cleaned, together with the others. Regards!
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Valued Member
United States
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I remember watching a video that at some point during the year they let people search the banks for souvenirs and even have experts out there to assist with identification of items found. Have you heard of this before? It sounds pretty cool.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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New Member
United Kingdom
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On further reflection I will keep the coins as they are.
Some years ago I used to do a lot of walking along the north bank of the Thames up-stream of London Bridge.
With or without a small trowel I used to find objects ranging from: clay pipes, necks of Bellermine jugs, pilgrim badges, lead badges of Richard II & III, a lodged hart & boar respectively,
pewter dagger chape, tokens , medieaval cargo seals, coins etc.
An incredable stretch of shore. Unfortunately, people got greedy and started to dig which became dangerous. Now I understand one needs a licence to dig.
The shore is easy to access, by steps, so if you are in London, it is always worth a 'look-see' . You never know what you might find!
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New Member
United Kingdom
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Further to my above post. I should also have said that access to the shore can only be made depending on the state of the tide.
Best time is low tide on a Sunday morning!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It looks great as is. No need for cleaning. It must be cool to live in a place steeped in history, with the chance to find stuff from centuries prior. Where I live was just a swamp until 50 years ago....  |
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