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Large Pics: Uncleaned Ancient Coins after 6 weeks in olive oil
rawmorgan
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So I thought I would take a break away from US coins. So I bought a lot of uncleaned coins from FORVN Ancient Coins. Put them in olive oil before Christmas, changed it twice, and took them out yesterday. Here are some pics, if anyone can point me in the way of attributing them that would be great. They're a bit rough, most of them only have one side with details, but it was a great experience. Any advice for some of the really stubborn ones in the lot. The ones with layers of dirt and salts over the patina.
Questions and comments are welcome.
Questions and comments are welcome.
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I bought a small lot of uncleaned ancients long ago, tried the distilled water/olive oil thing, but I got impatient. Once a few got close to as good as they would get, I realized there were hardly any details on them anyway. A good experience, but since then I have stuck to better quality coins that don't require that effort to unearth