Cleaning Ancient Roman Coins using Olive Oil. A Video One Year in the Making!

I put three Ancient Roman Coins in olive oil for a year. Let's see how they turned out. #AncientRomanCoins #AncientCoins #CleaningAncientCoins

[@silvergopher]

Definite improvement. Thank you for the demo. It is good to actually see how well olive oil works.

[@Ontario100]

Thanks for watching, my friend!!

[@annat.1487]

Wow I didn't know you can clean coins with olive oil, we have plenty of that here in Italy. Good informational video!

[@Ontario100]

Thanks for watching!

[@thinkforyourself9311]

Awesome Video. Never knew you could use olive oil to clean coins. I like drinking olive oil.

[@jgscoinchannel8046]

Man what patience and dedication for a video!!! Good job!!
I didn't know olive oil could do that.... Lots of history there my friend :-)

[@Ontario100]

Yes there is a lot of history there. Looks like these were underground for about 2,000 years! Thanks!

[@benbream2235]

In India ancient coins are sometimes cleaned by boiling in oil….speeds it up a bit ; )

[@Ontario100]

Thanks! 👍

[@roymanewell4958]

It helps if you take them out and wash them with dish washer liquid every couple of weeks,remove stuff little by little even toothpick off anything loose

[@667hodge]

Good morning buddy. They look alot better. Did you periodically use a brush?

[@Ontario100]

Yes, Very gently. Thanks, my friend.

[@CyberCurtainTwitcher]

They look like many that i have dug up over the decades.

[@Ontario100]

Cool. They definitely spent a lot of time underground. The surfaces seem pretty pitted, so I think this is about as good as it gets for these coins. Thanks!

[@TreasureTownCoins]

Interesting!

[@Ontario100]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@jameshorsted5489]

Olive oil pits your coins, Don't use it, Use distilled water instead.

[@Ontario100]

Thanks. I will . 👍

[@tylonnplatinumthe3rd659]

I’ve seen people do this before with mixed results. Like you said Seems that these may have had a bit to much corrosion to come out great although I do see a improvement. They always say not to clean coins but with ancients often they come so dirty that you have no choice

[@Ontario100]

Yes, I think ancients are the exception. Thanks!

[@garethbates5044]

Nice video. Learn something new today...

[@Ontario100]

Glad you enjoyed it !

[@MrTam63]

A Year !!!

[@GardenerEarthGuy]

Nice science!

[@silverlover5817]

Thanks for the video......

[@Ontario100]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@jimbobsslimpickins9801]

That seems to work okay, I suppose anything else other than olive oil will ruin the coins.
Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@Ontario100]

Some people use distilled water for long periods as well. That would probably take longer though. Thanks for watching!

[@skepticcontrarian7477]

I won’t be as patient as you, my good sir. I would not be able to wait it out for year. With that long a wait, I would hope for a very substantial and evident change on the coins. New (private) sub #694.

[@Ontario100]

Thank you for watching and your comments. I appreciate the sub too!! Thanks!

[@jomon723]

just get some Preserve It Wax and be done with it and maybe a cleaning pencil

[@jomon723]

Yikes......I tried before, but never like the result and other coin experts say NO. Thanks for you experiment

[@simonech8312]

А где изменения за год лежания в подсолнечном масле? Какалик как был, таким и остался. О да, классный способ!))

[@Микаэльножницы]

Olive oil…. the Caesars would be proud.

[@Ontario100]

LOL! Thanks!!

[@poormansstack]

They do look better.

[@Ontario100]

Thanks for watching!!

[@texasjoe557]

it made the coins more recognizable.

[@Ontario100]

I think so too. Thanks. 👍

[@zackeryjames-ej2iz]

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[@MrTam63]

A Year !!!