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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8120627, member: 19463&quot;]That pretty well sums it up.&nbsp; A few ancients were buyied in sealed jugs that di not leak so all they got was heavy toning but most were lost in soil, spent time under water or were in containers that leaked in corrosive materials so required cleaning beyond what a modern standard for original could accept.&nbsp; &#039;All ancients have been cleaned.&nbsp; The ones that still have an inch of soil on then used to have a foot.&#039;&nbsp; With ancients, the question usually is how well they were cleaned, not whether they were cleaned. The &#039;natural&#039; color for a silver coin 200 years old is black. </p><p>Caracalla drachm Caesarea shows only glare from the smooth black surfaces. Removing that surface to find silver below would ruin the coin to most collectors. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1413921[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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