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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;quick dog, post: 85991, member: 4093&quot;]I don&#039;t believe that it is possible for a silver or bronze coin to remain perfectly preserved for 1,800 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would certainly be possible to do so now, but it would require an anerobic and chemical-free environment.&nbsp; One could certainly store a silver coin in a sealed container filled with argon or some inert gas.&nbsp; I just don&#039;t believe that an ancient coin could have been stored for very long without some chemical alteration.&nbsp; Native silver does not occur in nature.</p><p><br /></p><p>Clearly, it is more likely that the subject coins have been dipped or otherwise treated to remove oxidation products.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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