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  1. Mar 18, 2010, 11:06 PM
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    My experience of coins restoration with binocular

    Device - old Soviet binocular MBS-10 (about 200$):

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    coin before:

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    coin after:

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    spending time about 1 hour
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  2. Mar 26, 2010, 12:18 PM #2
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    Re: My experience of coins restoration with binocular

    Can you explain the cleaning process in more detale?
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  3. Mar 26, 2010, 09:34 PM #3
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    Re: My experience of coins restoration with binocular

    how do you clean coins with a microscope?
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  4. Mar 28, 2010, 02:33 PM
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    Re: My experience of coins restoration with binocular

    Quote Originally Posted by girardpaguy
    Can you explain the cleaning process in more detale?
    I very afraid it will be very hard task for me with my english

    In addition binocular, I have some wax carver like this: http://www.widgetsupply.com/dental-p.../SAC4-12PC.jpg
    I put coin in water about 10-15 min. After this time metal oxide become lax and easy cleaning off by metal wax carver.
    After clean small area of coin you need dip it in water again in order to wash off results of you work.

    Attention! Wax carver must have NOT sharp edges!!!

    Really, if You look in binocular even if one time - You will understand how easy separate oxides and good metal with help it. Very important advantage of this method - saving (retention?) of patina.
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  5. Mar 29, 2010, 10:37 AM #5
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    Re: My experience of coins restoration with binocular

    Excellent job. It's time to pull the Tasco out.
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  6. Apr 03, 2010, 11:02 PM #6
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    Re: My experience of coins restoration with binocular

    I have heard a lot of people use the microscope or magnefiers and instead of metal instruments that can scratch, they use wooden toothpicks.
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  7. Apr 04, 2010, 07:22 AM
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    Re: My experience of coins restoration with binocular

    Quote Originally Posted by rjw4law
    they use wooden toothpicks.
    My opinion - using wooden tools is very low effective (very slowly and have not reason)
    Of course before cleaninng you must separate ordinary finds and really interest artefacts! For very important artefacts I recommend to use homemade carver from plastic box of CD disk. In this case you can not affraid about sharp edges of carver because plastic more soft any metal. Except lead.

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  8. Apr 04, 2010, 07:47 AM #8
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    Re: My experience of coins restoration with binocular

    Jack,

    Are coins found in different soils more or less difficult to do this process?

    Thank you for the information. Is there any way you can make a video?


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  9. Apr 29, 2010, 10:17 PM #9
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    Re: My experience of coins restoration with binocular

    My guess is that Samurai Jack has done this more than a few times. I would recomend trying this on a common coin with no real value. Quality optics help.

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  10. May 23, 2010, 12:57 AM #10
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    Re: My experience of coins restoration with binocular

    Interesting conservation technique, you did an amazing job. What is the metalic composition of that coin?
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  11. Oct 02, 2010, 12:43 AM #11
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    Re: My experience of coins restoration with binocular

    Great job! .....and first time I see the RIGHT conservation technique here!

    PS: Better than this tools are scalpels with different blades



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  12. Oct 11, 2010, 01:55 PM #12
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    Re: My experience of coins restoration with binocular



    What was the nature of the build up on the coin that was removed was it just compacted dirt or some type of corrosion

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