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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 2814704, member: 82549&quot;]The dissolved solids aren&#039;t the problem. Much tap water contains chlorine, which, given the right conditions, can trigger the onset of bronze disease.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not always. Sometime you just have a soft green patina that can be scratched or chipped off. Here&#039;s an example from my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.feltemp.com/Images/GoldenAge/MarcusAurelius.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Marcus Aurelius</p><p>Provincial Bronze (AE26)</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, before A.D. 161</p><p>Obv: AVPHΛIOC OVHPOC KAICAP</p><p>Rev: NEIKOΠOΛEITΩNΠPOC IC - Serapis, standing left, holding scepter and sacrificing with patera over altar.</p><p>Unlisted in Moushmov or RPC; unpublished?</p><p>26mm, 11.0g.</p><p><br /></p><p>The patina is stable, but fragile, and I wouldn&#039;t want to take a brass brush to it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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