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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2555698, member: 24314&quot;]THIS PARAGRAPH IS NOT DIRECTED AT YOU and I applaud your curiosity and question.&nbsp; I question EVERYTHING myself.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a perfect example of what I hate about forums.&nbsp; It gets really old posting over-and-over about things that should be obvious.&nbsp; Example: We have a thread on the US forum.&nbsp; A photo is posted with a request: &quot;what is it.&quot;</p><p>The next poster got the correct answer.&nbsp; The same answer was given in three out of five of the next posts.&nbsp; Then, I explained in detail what to look for, how to determine what it was, and why the photo was confusing everyone.&nbsp; They are still trying to figure out the &quot;truth&quot; several pages later.&nbsp; I even tagged a nationally known error authority to help out but he is rarely found on CT. </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #006633">Corrosion pits have been sited on the finished coin already. </span> IMO, anyone contemplating collecting ancients should know more about corrosion, what it looks like, its effects, and how to control it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll guarantee if I had that coin in hand (with the photo of the original) I could prove it is corroded with magnified images AND possibly convince any doubters about the silvering (one way or the other) by examining the corrosion pits themselves. This optical examination should take less than two minutes.&nbsp; If this were a legal case, a few hundred dollars could detect cyanide or other chemicals that may still be present that were used to restore it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have only one advantage over most of you.&nbsp; I have been studying the surfaces of coins (including ancients) from 5X to 40X (120X in some cases) for a long time.&nbsp; Sometimes I think I must recognize characteristics in the images a little quicker than most. </p><p><br /></p><p>BOTTOM LINE: The coin came out great and I praised the &quot;coin doc.&quot; No one but me cares what and how he &quot;saved&quot; it.&nbsp;&nbsp; That&#039;s OK with me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Again, thanks for you interest! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; As one member said...If I cannot talk about them then I must enjoy seeing my writing about coins.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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