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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2096148, member: 19463&quot;]I don&#039;t recall seeing ancients refused or slabbed as &#039;genuine&#039; for surface problems or cleaning issues the way a modern US coin would be.&nbsp; The color of this coin looks retoned rather like the color we see from the British Museum processed coins but I would never expect to see something like that mentioned for an ancient by anyone.&nbsp; We tend to accept retoning but draw the like at repatination (green paint).&nbsp; All of the gashes on the coin are the same color as the rest of the coin. That rules out damage when being dug unless the toning was later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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