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Offline Raymond

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Needs more cleaning?
« on: April 17, 2007, 10:25:11 pm »
I've been messing around very gently with this coin.  My question(s) is(are): can I clean this further without damaging the coin?  Is it a worn coin or is it a "soft strike", particularly on the rev?  How can you tell the difference between the last two? 
My coin BTW is a Probus, is it not, with Sol driving a quadriga on the rx?
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Re: Needs more cleaning?
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2007, 10:36:56 pm »
You are correct on the coin type: Probus with a quadriga reverse.

As far as if you can go further, it's hard for me to tell from the photo without the coin in hand. If it were my coin I would try some mechanical cleaning under the microscope. You can tell right away what you have without doing any serious damage. What have you done so far to clean this?

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Re: Needs more cleaning?
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2007, 10:44:19 pm »
Olive oil soak, 3 gentle brushing with a toothbrush and just one light touch of Dremel SBBB.  In hand, the coin seems much smoother than on the picture and the patina is a taupe colour but might be very thin.  If it's worn or a light strike, the more I wear away at the patina is not going to help me obtain greater detail.  It went back into the olive oil as I ponder...
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Re: Needs more cleaning?
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2007, 11:51:05 pm »
I would leave it since it looks like you got all of the dirt off. A short DW wouldn't hurt.

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