Please don't do this to your coins

[Ghengis_Jon]

This R5 (RIC 263) has suffered a cruel, cruel fate.  Imagine this coin with a beautiful patina, offering an even dark green, 3D glow to the viewer.  Now further imagine such a coin being hooked to an electrolysis device or being laid out for a session of naval jelly and brass brush.  Poor little coin, your only feeble hope is the further indignity of Jax or Dellar's. 

Such coins are worth the wait if you put them away until you feel confident in your mechanical cleaning skills. 

[Ghengis_Jon]

This one of mine (an R4) nearly suffered the same fate.   I used to toss hopeless, concrete encrusted coins into a film canister for something to clean in the dead of winter.   I misplaced the canister and found it about 5 years later, having abandoned electrolysis in the meantime.  It took me about 3 months of patient on and off effort to clean the coin, but I am oh so pleased with the result.

[Aarmale]

At least the coin is nice! Sometimes, it just zaps off the whole face.

[DruMAX]

I wouldnt darken it, I would keep it the way it is, its not that bad IMO. I dont strip coins but have bought them...The coin is in pretty good condition. I would rather have a coin stripped to the metal than one that has been blackened.

[Paul D3]

It will tone again in time. For now, you get to view it as a 4th century Roman would have seen it They actualy held handfulls of these looking as shiny as a 2010 Lincoln cent(!)

[areich]

But it will be still be rough.

[Pekka K]

4th century Roman had seen it with thin layer of silver on,
only after some wear the copper came in light.

Pekka K

[Paul D3]

I was not aware that all of these small base metal coins had silver, but I know some of them did.