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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2745685, member: 56859&quot;][guffaw] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wanna see the worse of the bunch?&nbsp; Small children and those with delicate constitutions should avert their eyes.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]627730[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at the flip for #33 (below).&nbsp; I figure the coin was placed in this flip during processing for this auction-- so it hasn&#039;t been in it very long.&nbsp; Look at the quantity of weird gray/brown debris!&nbsp; That&#039;s some rapid deterioration.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect these three coins were at some point in their lives treated with a strong chemical (alkaline?) and not neutralized, then coated with lacquer (many coins in this lot were lacquered).&nbsp; Over time, the metal broke down but not forming the usual &quot;bronze disease&quot; compounds.&nbsp; These three are not salvageable.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]627731[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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