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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 4981506, member: 83845&quot;]Hello bruthajoe,</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess I am not sure what specifically you mean?&nbsp; In terms of acceptability, if you are coming from a modern collector perspective I think there are a lot of things that you may have been conditioned to find unacceptable about a coin that are perfectly acceptable and even desirable to an ancient collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>My new OP coin has a nice dark patina, but as you mention, there are parts that a lighter color is visible on the high points.&nbsp; This may be from the friction of a coin flip or even from rubbing against the drawer of a coin cabinet being opened and closed or even from the cleaning process.&nbsp; This coin has spent more than a century in multiple collections and before that was cleaned after being buried in the ground for 1700 years.&nbsp; Considering this I find the patina on this coin not only acceptable but a big part of what attracted me to the coin in the first place.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;ve never owned an ancient coin you might find that you can enjoy owning a piece of history and that you don&#039;t need to be so concerned about the arbitrary rules that govern modern collecting norms.&nbsp; It&#039;s a slippery slope from there my friend.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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