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<p>[QUOTE="ernstk, post: 4778433, member: 112998"]I am so sorry to bring the bad news but this coin is a fake . The patina is not a normal bronze patina and it flakes off, the real patina that happens over ages in underground condition on a Bronze object has tiny azurite and malachite Crystals. The real patina attaches to metal so hard and make it porous in a way that you cant flake it off like this with a scraper . Also presence of Ti in an ancient metal is highly suspicious and indicates the bronze in question is not made in ancient times[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ernstk, post: 4778433, member: 112998"]I am so sorry to bring the bad news but this coin is a fake . The patina is not a normal bronze patina and it flakes off, the real patina that happens over ages in underground condition on a Bronze object has tiny azurite and malachite Crystals. The real patina attaches to metal so hard and make it porous in a way that you cant flake it off like this with a scraper . Also presence of Ti in an ancient metal is highly suspicious and indicates the bronze in question is not made in ancient times[/QUOTE]
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