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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 834281, member: 112&quot;]First let me say - Charmy, I&#039;ve always had the greatest respect for you, nothing will change that. And you are more than welcome to disagree with me - anytime <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And yeah, I know what you mean - disagreeing with me often is like beating your head against the wall. I&#039;m used to it, have been since childhood. So why don&#039;t I change ? Well, it&#039;s usually because I end up being right. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your comment kind of reminds of when I was 14 and taking Geometry in school. Like evrybody there was at the time,I was taught that there are 12 Proofs for the Pytharorean Theorem. One of our assignments was to do all these Proofs on paper. Well, I did the12 Proofs - and then I wrote another one making 13.</p><p><br /></p><p>My teacher was livid ! Gave me dressing down like you&#039;ve never seen in front of the whole class. At the end of his rant, I politely him he was wrong and I was right. That got me sent to the principal&#039;s office.</p><p><br /></p><p>To make a long story short I took my math paper to the college, to the head of the math department. Had him check my work - he accompanied me to school the next day. And he politely told my teacher that he <u>was</u> wrong, and that I was right. My Proof was valid.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well now today there are over 80 accepted Proofs for Pythagorean Theorem, I just looked it up. Seems I started something way back then. But that&#039;s not the point Charmy. The point is when I know I am right, I stick to my guns <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And that&#039;s why it&#039;s like beating your head against the wall.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, if someone ever proves me wrong, I freely and willingly step up and admit it. The evidence of that has been shown right here on this forum many times.</p><p><br /></p><p>So Charmy, we shall have to agree to disagree. I&#039;m OK with that &#039;)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oils do several things to coins. Let me be more specific - copper coins. I say that because I can honestly say that I have never heard of anyone who put oil on a silver, gold, or nickel coin. It is used on copper because copper is far and away the most reactive of our coinage metals. Anything and everything seems to affect copper in a detrimental way. So people have always tried to come up with ways to stop copper from being affected by outside forces. </p><p><br /></p><p>They have done everything over the years from coating the coins with oils to shelac and varnishes. But to answer your question, oils fill in all of the minor blemishes on a copper coin and make the surface look smoother than it really is. It also adds a sheen, a gloss that mimicks the look of lustrous MS cooper that has toned chocolate brown. So even a well worn specimen appears to be nicer, to have more luster than it really does. To understand this look just take any 2similar, circulated copper coins. Put oil on one, blot off the excess and then look at them side by side. You&#039;ll readily see the difference and understand what I am saying.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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