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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24717929, member: 26430&quot;]Aside from papers on the topic, the British Museum&#039;s online catalog lists many metal objects as having been treated by Renaissance Wax, including coins. I&#039;ll link a couple (the conservation report link mentioning Ren Wax, then the coin link for the &quot;Related Object&quot;):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/66738:3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/66738:3" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/66738:3</a></p><p>Caligula Provincial Billon/Base Silver Tetradrachm: <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1842-0726-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1842-0726-4" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1842-0726-4</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/10601:1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/10601:1" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/10601:1</a></p><p>Bronze Renaissance Medal (1486):&nbsp; <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_G3-IP-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_G3-IP-3" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_G3-IP-3</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/24215:1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/24215:1" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/24215:1</a></p><p>Hunnic / Sassanid type Silver Drachm: <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1894-0506-201" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1894-0506-201" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1894-0506-201</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are countless more coins listed with similar treatments. (And figurines, swords, as well as stuff like furniture &amp; marble busts, etc.)</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s not to say the general point doesn&#039;t stand. There are certainly those who argue against its use on bronze objects.</p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">This paper argues against it:</font></p><p><font size="4">Danal Moffett, 1996, &quot;<a href="https://cool.culturalheritage.org/jaic/articles/jaic35-01-001.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cool.culturalheritage.org/jaic/articles/jaic35-01-001.html" rel="nofollow">WAX COATINGS ON ETHNOGRAPHIC METAL OBJECTS: JUSTIFICATIONS FOR ALLOWING A TRADITION TO WANE</a>&quot; in <i>Journal for the American Institute for Conservation</i>.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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