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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 2715934, member: 83956&quot;]Well, I want to keep this thread positive and non-actionable. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. But since some novice collectors might come to this thread for recommendations, it probably should be noted that one of the dealers listed above pretty obviously applies spray-tan &quot;desert&quot; patinas to many of his coins and was at the center of a famous &quot;lost&quot; coin dispute about ten years ago. (The dealer was not Clay, Moran, Hollister, or Reid.)</p><p><br /></p><p>With that having been said, I have bought coins from this dealer and have had good experiences with him, and I will likely buy from him in the future. I hope none of us is defined by our worst moment, and I hope that the experience I referenced years ago has prompted better business practices. But as far as the patinas go, <i>caveat emptor. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>I also hope I&#039;m not out of line here. I really want to &quot;seek the good, and praise it.&quot; But I felt something needed to be said for those unaware of concerns.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT: I did buy a Domitian &quot;Judea Capta&quot; provincial bronze from this dealer in part because of the eye-popping desert patina before I realized it was almost certainly sprayed on. I was still happy to have the coin at the price, but I guess I need to qualify my &quot;good&quot; experience to note that, essentially, I was deceived by the unnaturally altered appearance of the coin, and such an &quot;enhancement,&quot; for most collectors, probably crosses the line.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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