Can this be saved?

[romeo-1]

Found in a field...has some detail showing. I was just wondering if this could be saved. Would hydrogen peroxide bring out the detail or should I just leave well enough alone.

 

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[Mainedigger]

Romeo....me, personally, I would soak it in peroxide and then clean it, but this is just my opinion. I clean all my copper but I never sell any of my coins and am not worried about ruining the value of a copper coin by cleaning it when it is covered in corrosion like yours.(what you are going to do with the coin may decide on whetehr to clean it or not). My silver coins I NEVER clean other than just washing the dirt off with water. Again, this is just my opinion and personal preference, but with the copper I prefer to be able to see more details and not have it all green with the corrosion.(to me they aren;t worth anything all covered with corrosion, but I am no expert). I have also seen on here, guys that soak in olive oil, but have never used it so can;t say how it works.(altough I have a large cent that was VERY bad soaking in olive oil now to try it). I soak in peroxide and then ...all the true numismatics are going to cringe... and then take a gree Scots scrunge pad to it and scrub the corrosion off. Again, if you are going to sell this coin or are concerned about the value of it, I would not clean it at all, however to me I like to be able to see more details and have it cleaned up some. Wait till you get more responses on here and then see what everyone has to say before you touch it and make your decision after reading everyone's opinion. My opinion, for what it is worth would be to clean it, however, opinions are like _ _ _ holes, every one has one...