yep, lots of prime beef here!
this is one i got last year, under unusual circumstances*. but it
ran into some BD problems. after treating it i put the coin in a safe place, and then couldn't find it again for the next 5 months!
treatment is an on-going process (
still some bad stuff around the edges), but i think it's a nice enough coin to make it worth the effort...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-106038 * this coin actually belonged, at one time, to the ersatz emperor Napolean of
France, probably aquired during
his smash tour of
Italy. it came down to me through a distant scion of the family, one Sir Dudley H---, who served as aide-de-camp to Wellington at Waterloo. how my grandfather, a seasoned old RAF pilot who flew over
North Africa during 'The Big One', ultimately came into posession i cannot say, but when i last saw him on
his deathbed he leaned over and with
his dying breath whispered to me "
Peter, take this coin, which once belonged to
Ol' Boney, and treat it with some
Gringott's Mix from
Forvm Ancient Coins, and let the world share in its beauty!"
needless to say, i was duly moved!
so how could i not post it here?
misty-eyed,
~
Peter