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Title: Before and after Cleaning Pictures Post by: rjm on December 24, 2010, 06:06:09 PM The attached pictures are of a copper George 111 Cartwheel Penny (1797) that I found about 15 years ago on a small farm near Abergavenny town centre. It's been gathering dust, and due to having more time and because of the weather I thought I'd start sorting out the many hundreds of various coins I've got. I have only taken the coin back so far. It still retains some of the dirt to give it a bit of character. Title: Re: Before and after Cleaning Pictures Post by: Neil on December 24, 2010, 06:13:44 PM Its certainly an improvement Bob - what did you use!
Looks like you scratched it with your spade as well mate! :o Neil Title: Re: Before and after Cleaning Pictures Post by: rjm on December 24, 2010, 06:52:12 PM I can't remember scratching it..............it was a long time ago. :-[
I soaked it in olive oil for a while, and then rubbed with a cloth. I applied a lashing of copper polish and rubbed with a wire sponge, then tootbrush, before applying more polish and rubbing between a cloth. I repeated the process until the details on front and back could be seen. The coin was in a hell of a state and from my experience a barelling machine or sonic cleaning machine wouldn't have achieved much. At least now it has a nice tone and the details can be seen. It's a shame about the spade mark but it doesn't happen much. ;D |