leeshiel

28 minutes ago, Spaniard said:

@leeshiel...I look forward to seeing the end result..Interesting idea using a thorn as a tool... How will you tone the coin?

Thank you most of the Staffordshire hoard was cleaned with a thorn i can't claim credit for the idea :-(, most likely liver of sulfer.

25 minutes ago, John Conduitt said:

Nice coin. What do you think it is? Maybe Stephen Cross Moline (Type 1), Rodbert on Cant?

Thank you, nearly right type 1 Rodbert London, ref EMC/SCBI NUMBER:2022.0414 in this link only 13 recorded including this coin. https://emc.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/advanced-results?rulername[]=Stephen&mint[]=London&MoneyerLemma[]=Rodbert&Find-spot=&emcnumb=&Preservation=&startdate=&enddate=&emc-scbi=

Cleaning nearly finished i will finish it off in natural light.

4 hours ago, Spaniard said:

This was just soaked in distilled water/olive oil and then manually cleaned

4 minutes ago, John Conduitt said:

I don't think cleaning bronze in lemon juice is advisable

My answer was to the above :-),

3 hours ago, Spaniard said:

Welcome to the forum @leeshiel..

Thanks for the updated photos it looks as if the results are turning out well..Years ago I used to buy and clean bronzes although obviously a different system is needed for silver, here's my last attempt...This was just soaked in distilled water/olive oil and then manually cleaned using different devises and a magnifying glass....I actually found it really relaxing...

 

Thanks for the welcome Spaniard nice result well done,

i have cleaned bronzes using the the same method with similar results but like you say different methods for silver, i have never cleaned a coin with iron oxide on before reason for my initial post.

2 hours ago, Mucius Scaevola said:

Oh, that was this coin cleaning thread?

So @leeshielyou got your answers and then you start deleting or editing the thread?

Well..that's a garbage move.

I didn't get a answer to my question i asked how to remove iron oxide do you see a post explaning how to remove it "NO"

The above pictures was from yesterday evening i am now at this stage the reverse is pretty much finished, i will tone the coin once cleaning is finished.

Sorry i asked for advice and how to clean iron oxide from a coin and received no answers, i also was polite to thank you for allowing me to join and didn't receive one welcome message i presumed a cleaning thread was taboo,

Regardless for anyone with interest i am manually cleaning with a thorn and soaking the Stephen penny in lemon juice it;s a rare  coin with only 13 recorded slowly but surely getting there.

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Great thread good information setups coins and pictures,

I keep things quite simple i use a Olympus Tough TG-6 with a light diffuser attachment, just a quick shot freehand i could improve on this with a tripod and using photo stacking but pictures like this are good enough for my needs.

Hi everyone thank you for allowing me to join the forum,