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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 7810381, member: 82549&quot;]If you look at the letters of the obverse inscription, you&#039;ll see that the spaces between them are pretty dark. The entire coin was that dark at one time. Someone, probably fairly recently, cleaned the fields and the high points to remove this dark patina. They may have used something as crude as a pencil eraser. (Look at the space between the R and the trophy on the reverse.) This is why the appearance looks a bit &quot;off.&quot; Not to worry, though. The coin will darken in time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t say for sure from the photo, but it looks like your Augustus coin might be crystalized. Please handle this coin very carefully just in case.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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