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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2647749, member: 56859"]<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/M0cWmMOAdn9Ek/giphy.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I've asked for unwaxed pictures from each of them for coins of high interest-- high interest because of the coin, not the garish wax. One of these sellers protested that the patina was not applied but obliged and gave it an acetone soak (or whatever) and sent picture of the coin sans orange. The other seller sent the "naked" pictures so quickly that I don't think there was time to remove its makeup-- the "before" pictures may have existed before I wrote to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Naturally, the applied substance filled in uneven spots and made the coins look better (better except for the hideous applied patina). I didn't buy the coins. I might have considered them but only for a much lower price.</p><p><br /></p><p>Zurqieh has a large number of Roman Egyptian coins I'd like, but I can't buy the colored coin without seeing it sans covering and I'm not going to ask them to remove the wax a dozen times a month. If they stop this practice and price the coins reasonably, I'll reconsider.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some may consider the application of opaque wax (or other such substance) routine and acceptable but I am against the practice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2647749, member: 56859"][IMG]https://media.giphy.com/media/M0cWmMOAdn9Ek/giphy.gif[/IMG] I've asked for unwaxed pictures from each of them for coins of high interest-- high interest because of the coin, not the garish wax. One of these sellers protested that the patina was not applied but obliged and gave it an acetone soak (or whatever) and sent picture of the coin sans orange. The other seller sent the "naked" pictures so quickly that I don't think there was time to remove its makeup-- the "before" pictures may have existed before I wrote to them. Naturally, the applied substance filled in uneven spots and made the coins look better (better except for the hideous applied patina). I didn't buy the coins. I might have considered them but only for a much lower price. Zurqieh has a large number of Roman Egyptian coins I'd like, but I can't buy the colored coin without seeing it sans covering and I'm not going to ask them to remove the wax a dozen times a month. If they stop this practice and price the coins reasonably, I'll reconsider. Some may consider the application of opaque wax (or other such substance) routine and acceptable but I am against the practice.[/QUOTE]
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