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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LukeGob, post: 22673361, member: 73885&quot;]Yes, coins like this are left partially uncleaned on purpose. There&#039;s a few reasons. It just looks cool for one, and only happens when the coin was in the right soil &amp; under certain conditions (hence the term &quot;desert patina&quot; to describe it). Even with other patinas, some dirt left in the fields helps the rest pop. Also, what&#039;s underneath may not be great; corrosion, excessive wear, lack of a patina, etc. Cleaning the coin completely (as I have, unfortunately, learned from experience) often leads to a coin with few details, pitting &amp; roughness &amp; no patina in places that just looks terrible. It grows on you, I thought it was rediculous when I first started collecting ancients.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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