All Ancient Coins Have Been Cleaned - and Thats OK

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  @ClassicalNumismatics · 1 year ago · pinned

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• FN

  @fnamelname9077 · 1 year ago

  That is definitely a strong, fresh image, of Hercules!

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• JP

  @JPXFRDWatt · 1 year ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrdlod7ug2k&amp;t=948">15:48</a> personally I would leave it as it is. Patina doesn&apos;t in any way damage &nbsp;the coin and it adds character in my opinion. It seems to be getting a nice patina.

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• SH

  @shermanfirefly4343 · 1 year ago

  Great description of the surface enrichment of precious metals. Depletion gilding is common among Anglo-Saxon gold artifacts as well. It’s an excellent technique that doesn’t seem to be used much anymore.

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• HI

  @HistoryNumismatics · 1 year ago

  Beautiful Silver coins!!!!!!!

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• VR

  @Vryokastrian · 7 months ago

  I have a 50-27 BC copper coin from (Roman period) Larissa which has a wonderful smooth dark green surface. Athena &amp; the galloping horse are worn but distinguishable. It&apos;s obviously not a valuable coin but I love the fact that it feels like a piece of change dropped somewhere sometime &amp; that little has been done to it since then.

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• SH

  @shugot · 1 year ago

  Excellent video on the details of coins and cleaning. I have an extremely large number of relatively hard to find coins from central Asia, but the vendors I bought them from were gracious enough to not to clean them. Someday I hope to hand them over to a professional. It is wonderful to enjoy the splendor and beauty of a coin just as it was minted, but there is also a guiling mystery of a coin coated in earth just enough to conceal the finer details.

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• JE

  @jeffkeller9009 · 1 year ago

  That last coin, I would not even attempt to clean, as I don&apos;t think I know enough to do it properly. Does not look bad as it is.<br>THANK YOU for all you do.

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• RO

  @RolinoNYC · 1 year ago

  I would leave the third coin as is. Ty for another great video.

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• AL

  @allenmuckleroy5040 · 1 year ago

  Great video with much-needed explanation of ancient coining techniques as well as cleaning techniques. I once owned a Phillip the Arab silver coin with the stag on the reverse. I bought it at a bargain price (about what a generic Phillip the Arab silver coin would be) and sold it 2 or 3 years later for almost 5 times what I paid for it. And it was a truly beautiful coin, similar to the one you showed.

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• ST

  @Staroas76 · 1 year ago

  The most comprehensive coin channel on youtube 10/10🎉

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• NA

  @nazarnovitsky9868 · 1 year ago

  Thanks for the new video!!! 😊

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