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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HBrider, post: 2861959, member: 88009&quot;]Out of the 100, 12 of them stick to my jewelers magnet. Probably about 4 of them, its a low magnetic attraction where the coin will follow the magnet across the surface. The rest, its a strong attraction where the coin will jump up and attach to the magnet when it is a quarter of an inch away.</p><p><br /></p><p>From what I researched, some bronze coins were mixed with iron (which probably got some heads chopped off), but I believe this is uncommon, and I shouldnt get 12 in a batch of 100, and maybe not ones that are VERY magnetic.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also suspect that this batch of coins were previously cleaned enough to be assessed and identified, and then were &quot;re-dirtied&quot; so they could be sold. It only took a very brief soak in tap water and a rinse, and much of the coins details could be seen, and the coins identified. Though I could be wrong on this. Perhaps the finders of these hoards don&#039;t even bother trying to ID bronze coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the entire batch, with the coins on the bottom being the magnetic ones...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/7hIRqeQ.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Closer shot of them.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/8VA4DVy.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Advertised shot of them:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/AKdd4vb.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>They were advertised as quality coins, so far it doesn&#039;t seem like it, but they need weeks of soaking in distilled water, then olive oil, then some individual cleaning, before I can bring out their full potential. Though it seems like a significant amount may have bronze diseases.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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