Roman Coins From About Thousand Years Ago
Jul 14, 2014 21:35:15 #
Roman coins bought on line, cleaned up using electrolyzes.
Roman coin before being cleaned
Roman coin after cleaning. These coins are poor specimens
The better specimens are kept by collectors
It's fun to hold a two thousand year old coin in your hand
Jul 14, 2014 21:47:49 #
gonate
Loc: sacramento,calif
To polish these coins did you use a rock polisher, in the same manner of that you polish rocks.
Jul 14, 2014 21:48:03 #
"It's fun to hold a two thousand year old coin in your hand "
I had one when I was young.
It was from England and about 300 A.D.
Thanks for posting. :thumbup:
I had one when I was young.
It was from England and about 300 A.D.
Thanks for posting. :thumbup:
Jul 14, 2014 22:32:07 #
This post was supposed to be entered in - Challenge July 14 - 16 Something Old. I forgot how to post on someone else's thread.
Jul 14, 2014 22:46:53 #
Thanks for viewing my photos of old coins, gonate. No, a rock polisher was not used in the coin cleaning. Electrolyzes was used. A low voltage amplifier was used. One wire was attached to the coin. The other wire was attached to a metal conductor, in this case a washer. The two wires were suspended in a container of brine water and the power was turned on. Several hours later, a coin appears.
Jul 15, 2014 00:01:01 #
gonate
Loc: sacramento,calif
Thank you for your reply, very interesting. as well as a good job of cleaning the coins. Great photos :D
Jul 15, 2014 05:05:28 #
Jul 15, 2014 08:08:51 #
Have a friend that has 300 plus of biblical coins, all catalogued, he can't find out the values on them. He would like to sell. Most are in good condition, especially for age.
Jul 15, 2014 15:58:21 #
Very interesting coins; incredible how the cleaning really brought out the details.
Jul 15, 2014 18:03:19 #
These are good images of these ancient coins. Thanks for the before and after cleaning.
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