meanmon13

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[–] meanmon13 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What's the top image, is it some Microsoft x-windowing system?

[–] meanmon13 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I always love these behind the scenes pictures :-)

[–] meanmon13 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe since they had to interface with the Atlantis computer to disable the force field... They were more like a traditional garage door opener which just sends an RF signal.

[–] meanmon13 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are you okay? Would you like a drink of water?

[–] meanmon13 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Is this a humble brag for how many books you've read?

[–] meanmon13 2 points 1 year ago

I live in the states. As for how I acquire them, there are three major dealers in uncleaned coins: dirty old coins, nero coins, and noble roman coins. They have good reputations and you'll get authentic coins from them, though their descriptions of the condition of the coins and ease of cleaning them are borderline fraud. That being said the more you pay per coin the better shape they'll be, if your just starting out go with the cheapest... you'll make mistakes and its best to make a mistake with a poor quality coin than a high quality coin. I've read that several shops on vcoins sell uncleaned lots but I haven't had much success finding unclean coins on there. If you're thinking about making a purchase make a post on here about it and we can discuss what you're likely to get and talk strategies on cleaning them.

[–] meanmon13 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't buy my coins from eBay. When i was doing my initial research i leaned buying from eBay requires expertise and experience to reduce the changes of falling for a scam. There are three major dealers in uncleaned coins. They've got decent reputations and you're not going to get scammed. Though they're descriptions of the state of the coins are hyperbole and should be taken with a grain of salt and they say the coins aren't picked through but going off how true the descriptions are I don't believe it. However, you do get authentic unclean coins from them... so to play it safe go with them. The 3 dealers are dirty old coins, nero coins, and noble roman coins. The more you pay per coin the better shape they'll be, if your just starting out go with the cheapest... you'll make mistakes and its best to make a mistake with a poor quality coin than a high quality coin. I've read that several shops on vcoins sell uncleaned lots but I haven't had much success finding unclean coins on there.

[–] meanmon13 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hello :-) there's many of us sitting around with our new balance shoes, jeans, and button up shirt waiting to make some jokes that pleases only us.

[–] meanmon13 2 points 1 year ago

This is exactly what I needed :-) not quite the same plugin support as Firefox but it'll do. Thank you

[–] meanmon13 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Is there a plan to ever do that?

[–] meanmon13 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol, no I was making a bad joke referencing how images are low rez (appear blurry) before they finish downloading.

[–] meanmon13 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'll let you know once the image finishes loading...

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by meanmon13 to c/ancientcoincleaning
 

This is one of my favorite coins I've cleaned so far. I've preserved what little patina there was and it forms a marbling effect that I find pleasing. This coin soaked in distilled water for about 7 months and I only used toothpicks on it to clean. It really didn't require more than just some patience. Attribution was easy RIC I 116 it was minted in Rome around the year 50 and has the bust of Claudius who is considered one of the 12 great emperors of Rome. The reverse depicts Minerva (Athena) which is one of my favorite Roman gods. All around a great coin and its one of the gems of my collection.

 

One of my favorite subreddits, It makes me so happy to see the community here too. I look forward to reading everyone's stories and providing my own as we help each other navigate our roles as Dad.

 

How do you guys feel about just copying posts from Reddit's reverse engineering subreddit into here for now until we've built up a large enough base to start producing OC?

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