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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;norantyki, post: 8670839, member: 118879&quot;]Let me preface by saying that it is very difficult to assert anything with any certainty from photos in this case. This having been said, I see no reason to say that the above farthing has been cleaned, other than the fact that I would generally expect either a truly &#039;red&#039; UNC, or a more &#039;streaky&#039; patina on a British bronze of this period.</p><p><br /></p><p>In terms of your &#039;dark&#039; concerns - perhaps you are being thrown by the fact that some Georgian bronze was mint darkened? I can say that this year was issued undarkened, and so might well come &#039;red.&#039;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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