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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;catadc, post: 4973874, member: 103515&quot;]Patina is black and smooth, there are no scratches or cuts to indicate vandalism, and the way the details erased off the face of Christ indicate wear. Rubbing the coin in the old days is a plausible cause.</p><p>I got the coin with more dirt on it and only the faces exposed, but the wear must be as old as the coin. The former owner was against cleaning. Dirt around the faces was uniform in texture and colour. I exclude the possibility that the dirt was applied (cleaned a few coins, would have noted the difference) or that the coin was rubbed by former owners to that level of wear (patina solid, dirt around the face not rubbed).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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