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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;R*L, post: 3150581, member: 96878&quot;]Interesting read - as was the thread here:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have mixed feelings about this practice. On the positive side, it can certainly improve the appearance of what in many cases would otherwise be rather average coins. There is even a degree of artistry to it. And while I take GregH&#039;s point about not encouraging such practices, I do have to admit to having brought a couple of coins that I believe have fake desert patinas (albeit that unlike the Nigrinian coin above, I doubt that what I paid for the coins (all relatively common and in average condition) would have been anything remarkably different to what they would have sold for if they had not had the patina applied).</p><p><br /></p><p>But on the negative side, it seems to be to be objectionable when it is: </p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>a) done to rare coins, coins that do not benefit from it, and/or coins where the fake patina is applied badley; and/or</p><p><br /></p><p>b) done primarily to hide defects, especially where that is not disclosed; and/or</p><p><br /></p><p>c) where the coin is advertised in a a way that claims or implies (whether by act or ommisison) that the patina is geniune.</p><p><br /></p></blockquote><p>In the first instance, the practice seems little more than vandalism. The second and third instances are at the best misleading and deceptive behavior and probably unlawful under consumer protection law in most jurisdictions, and at the worst may be skirting dangerously close (if not overstepping) the line between civil and criminal conduct.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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