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Virginia State Seal button?

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Found this small cuff? button (dime sized) a few weeks ago. I have cleaned it with a soft brush and water, but cannot get the crud off so i can see much detail. This is a scanned image that I attempted to enhance using Adobe Elements, but I have never done this before. Any suggestions on how to clean it more and maybe get more detail out of it? There are letters around the circumference of the button. I am trying to get a good scan of them. Any help or suggestions is appreciated. Thanks.
 
KK: Looks like most of the original brass has been converted/corroded. I am not an expert on button restoration. My suggestions are 1) put button in olive oil for about a month/6 weeks and then gently clean with soap and water. The oil is very weakly acidic and will remove some of the crud or 2) put button in hyrogen pyroxide and put container with button under desklamp/60 watt bulb to provide warmth to peroxide. As oxygen is released from peroxide, bubbles will somtimes lift crud. <FONT COLOR="#ff0000">I have never tried what I am about to suggest </FONT> but a tiny amount of liquid soap added to the peroxide might further help. As soap is a surfactant it should more easily bring some peroxide between base metal and surface corrosion by replacing the water molecules between the two layers. This might also work for the oil as well. Sounds screwy but it might work. If you get something that you like I would preserve it with Renaissance Wax. It certainly looks like you have a Virginia button. Please repost with your results.
BTW: you art work is especially good... was it done with Adobe? Fine Job. Hope this helps.
Dave Poche
 
My corroded button was scanned and enhanced with Adobe Elements. I cannot take credit for the Virginia front/back views....I downloaded them from various sites looking for a match. I had no idea there were so many variations on the Virginia seal(more than a dozen). I took all pictures and pulled them into Powerpoint, resized and added text. Saved slide as jpg.
I am going to try your suggestions....will start with the peroxide first. I will post the results, Thanks.
 
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