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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 4509363, member: 82549"]See if you can remove most of it with a toothpick. Then let the coin sit out exposed to air and keep an eye on it for a few weeks. If it is easily removed, and a greenish power comes back and starts to build up at that spot, then it is bronze disease, and you will need to treat the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the green spot is hard, and nothing comes off when you scratch it with a toothpick, then it is not bronze disease.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 4509363, member: 82549"]See if you can remove most of it with a toothpick. Then let the coin sit out exposed to air and keep an eye on it for a few weeks. If it is easily removed, and a greenish power comes back and starts to build up at that spot, then it is bronze disease, and you will need to treat the coin. If the green spot is hard, and nothing comes off when you scratch it with a toothpick, then it is not bronze disease.[/QUOTE]
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