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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2892188, member: 44132&quot;]Not all sand patina is &quot;fake&quot;; however, many sellers have an affinity to enhance their coins using a fake patina to highlight devices which are not strong.&nbsp; One way to be a little more certain is to buy from well known dealers and to avoid those dealers suggested by [USER=89687]@ominus1[/USER].&nbsp; To be certain, you need the coin in hand.&nbsp; One of our posters, [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER], has found some dealers have used &quot;makeup&quot; to make it appear as sandy patina.&nbsp; Depending on the price, I would take a chance with this coin barring that it was not being sold by dealers notorious for applying fake patina.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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