Ouch, those poor coins.
I acctualy physically grimaced looking at that picture...
Georges M, can you give whoever is responsible for the cleaning of this poor hoard a slap from the members of Forvm please...
Lee S.
Purchased
as is mate. The person who found them, soaked them for 4 days in a mixture of olive oil and liquid descalent & brushed them daily with a toothbrush.
They actually look better in real than pictured.
Upon
buying them I washed them with soap followed by soaking for 5 days in distilled water to get rid of any remaining oil/descalent, and gave them a coat of wax.
It was a
hoard of 103 pieces. I will leave them
as is since they will be aging in my private
collection and not for sale, but I will attempt repatination on a couple that have disfiguring corrosion. Any practical
home DYI ideas?
Anyone interested in helping me categorize and identify?