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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 7712998, member: 26302&quot;]That is always the problem with fake patina, sand or not. I was educated by a dealer who started in the 40&#039;s. He said the reason the market in the 60s and 70s preferred dipped coins was toning was very regularly applied to hide imperfections. </p><p><br /></p><p>That is definitely part of it. However, I still assert its to make a low grade coin much more attractive. Like I said, most of these coins, if you truly look at the details versus attractive highlighting, are VG or F coins. Its almost never a gVF or XF under the sand. To me its simply a way to market mass common coins in low grade. Of course the OP coin is not common, but most of these are.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I want to pay for attractive patina I will choose a glossy green sestertius or a rare blue toned coin. &quot;Sandy patina&quot; is not patina at all, and simply forces me to pay more attention to the real grade underneath.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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