It looks quite nice actually! Just curious, how long did you zap it for?
I let it zap for about a minute, them worked it woth a diamond dusted
dental pick where the heavy crust was. I
had to leave some of it on around the legends on the
obverse about 12 o clock and 7 o clock. On the
reverse, it was one sheet of crust, after zapping a few more times with a very low setting (4v) for a few minutes each, it loosened the surface bon between the metal and the crust. I was able to
pick the crust off carefully. Of course the zapping did reveal and eliminate the few
red blooms that were UNDER the crispy crust that I couldn't see, which was my fear. Normally I find the
red corrosion to be huge patches that ruin the coin, zapping takes all the
red crust off pretty quick leaving a gaping hole. Fortunately you can see there were only a few patches of
red corrosion and some small pinhead sized blossoms throughout. Unfortunately they leave pits and holes behind, the largest is on the
obverse just below and to the left of the C. That's the risk in zapping but even the dremel and diamond dusted dremel bits wouldn't
work this coin successfully.
I am also happy that the coin looks better in hand, the shine from the wax makes every irregularity magnify its presence by degrees, while not a pretty coin, it will make it into my
collection.
