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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;catadc, post: 3757084, member: 103515&quot;]As we say, when you have an itch, you need to scratch it. So I bought this ugliness (and its sister) to satisfy my curiosity.[ATTACH=full]1006985[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin in hand looked exactly as per photo. Colors were pretty accurate. Under the microscope at 20x, I believe that the coin was waxed with something (accumulated in deeper parts, shiny in strong light) and I could pick up 3 fiber pieces that were adhering to the surface. The red is the copper where patina was removed by what I believe to be an aggressive cleaning. The big open fields appear polished to a flat appearance. On some smaller and deeper areas, like the middle-left part of the cross and around the portrait seems to be some remains of a thicker patina. Between 12 and 1 o&#039;clock looks that the coin was treated for bronze disease successfully.</p><p>Long story short, and some white spirit - acetone - ren. wax later, it looks like this. The green is still there, and I believe these are the remains of the patina. The funny part is that the coin looks quite uniform brown in hand, with much less visible green than on these photos.&nbsp; </p><p>I do not know how they managed to clean/treat so many coins that they have the same appearance, but for sure they could had done a better job.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1006986[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1006987[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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