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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;4to2centBC, post: 2790732, member: 76181&quot;]Bronze coins...........a minefield IMO.&nbsp; Before I bought my first coin, I saw all the issues that bronzes have and thought, not for me. However, that was not entirely realistic, so I have bought 5 bronzes over the years. </p><p><br /></p><p>I bought 3 from dealer stock. These were roman bronzes and I wanted to be able to return them if they ended up being sketchy. The other two I bought through auction. One because it was only $85 (My dirhem) and the Ptolemy because I was very confident that it had natural surfaces.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have stuck to silver and a couple gold because they have far fewer issues....although we now know that these are also being doctored by pro&#039;s. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen the arguments for and against &#039;preserving&#039; and/or &#039;patinating&#039; bronzes.&nbsp; I decided to avoid the metal whenever possible....for my own piece of mind. I don&#039;t care how well the end result looks, if it has filled pits and epoxy holding together a corroded edge, then to me, it is not what I want in a coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>It sounds like you don&#039;t want that either. Going forward, you might want to change how you purchase bronzes (auction vs dealer stock) or avoid them....like I said.....minefield.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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