Bronze disease?

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  1. Pompeius

    Pompeius Well-Known Member

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  3. ValiantKnight

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    Photos need to be way closer with better lighting to be able to tell as accurately as possible.
     
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  4. gregarious

    gregarious E Pluribus Unum

    what VK said, but i don't think it's active BD from what i can tell.. could use a coat of Verdi-care at any rate.
     
  5. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    scrape suspected spots with your finger nail, if greenish powdery stuff comes off....then you have BD. if not...all good.
     
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  6. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    I don't think carpeting can get bronze disease. Hopefully those three brown spots will lift right off.

    ;):D

    Seriously though... what chrsmat71 said.

    And here's a link to some free online photo editor so you can crop and lighten your pictures, although that's not going to help the out-of-focus problem:

    https://pixlr.com/editor/
    https://www.gimp.org/
     
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  8. Pompeius

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  9. Gavin Richardson

    Gavin Richardson Well-Known Member

    I do not think the two coins on the right have bronze disease. As @chrsmat71 said, bronze disease tends to be powdery and can be easily scraped off. It's a matter of texture. If you scrape the two coins to the right with your fingernail and the green stuff is hard, it's just verdigris or part of the patina. No harm. The only spot that concerns me is the small spot in the middle of the far left coin. That spot has the coloration of bronze disease, but again, texture is your giveaway. And finally, it bears stressing that diagnosing anything from photos is far inferior to examining the coin in hand.
     
  10. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    I would say they are okay - and if the coin on the far left has a bit that's probably okay too.
     
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