advice on colonial coin cleaning

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Ludlow6

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• Feb 12, 2021

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Not sure what I should do with this coin. Has caked on dirt. Anyway to restore this coin without hurting it further? Was thinking of having it slabbed to see if its real but not sure if i should clean it first.

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TNTGross

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• Feb 12, 2021

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No advice on cleaning but I sure hope it is real. Nice find.

 

partyofone

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• Feb 12, 2021

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Toothpick to bring out some more details, but I wouldn't go farther than that. NO WATER!

 

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no water, no chemicals. i have dead coppers i tried all methods on and nothing ever looked better.

as mentioned above use a toothpick. there's different videos on youtube, but i would just attack the high points and leave the dirt on the lows to add some contrast.

 

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• Feb 13, 2021

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I agree with everyone. Just give it a "dry" cleaning" then maybe rub some Ren wax on it. You have a Fugio. Nice find but not terribly uncommon. Waste of money to have it slabbed.

 

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May I ask why no water? I mean heck they have gotten wet thousands of times already.

 

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• Feb 13, 2021

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Cool find!

That's a thumbnail from "coin4sale.net" Did you list it for sale?

 

partyofone

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stetam said:

May I ask why no water? I mean heck they have gotten wet thousands of times already.

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Water will take away some of the visible details. The contrast between the dirt and clean spots make the details easier to see.

Aquachigger has a YouTube video showing different methods on coppers. Dry, water, and oil. Personally, I like dry. Mostly because I’ve killed the details on a copper with water cleaning. Once you go too far, you can’t go back.


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• Feb 13, 2021

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stetam said:

May I ask why no water? I mean heck they have gotten wet thousands of times already.

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On the coppers I played with, I tried water, dry, oils, cleaners, pretty much every option. Anything but dry cleaning turned them all black and I lost a ton of details.