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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sand, post: 8184995, member: 118540&quot;]You&#039;re welcome.</p><p><br /></p><p>Question 1 : What is your definition of &quot;smoothed&quot;?</p><p>Question 2 : What do you mean by &quot;protected&quot;? Clear wax? Colored wax?</p><p>Question 3 : Will the coin be re-patinated with an artificial patina?</p><p>Question 4 : Has the coin already been re-patinated with an artificial patina?</p><p><br /></p><p>The word &quot;smoothed&quot; seems to have different definitions, among ancient coin collectors.</p><p>1. For some collectors, &quot;smoothed&quot; seems to mean, that the base metal was not altered, only the patina was altered, and the coin was not re-patinated with artificial patina. Uneven parts of the patina have been rendered more even.</p><p>2. For some collectors, &quot;smoothed&quot; seems to mean, that the base metal was altered, in order to make the surface of the coin more even. When this happens, often the coin is re-patinated with artificial patina, in order to cover the exposed base metal.</p><p>3. For some collectors, &quot;smoothed&quot; could mean, that the person who worked on the coin, was trying not to alter the base metal. However, in the process of trying to render the patina more even, some parts of the base metal were accidentally or intentionally exposed, and the base metal may or may not have been altered. When that happens, the person may leave the coin alone, or the person may re-patinate the coin with an artificial patina, to cover the exposed base metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whether an ancient coin collector, will buy a &quot;smoothed&quot; coin, depends on the definition of &quot;smoothed&quot;. For some ancient coin collectors, they will not buy a &quot;smoothed&quot; coin, for any of the above definitions.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I&#039;m thinking about buying a coin, or if I&#039;m cleaning a coin, I don&#039;t mind, if dirt is removed from a coin. I also don&#039;t mind, if chunks of debris are removed from a coin. Also, I guess I don&#039;t mind, if a top layer of patina is removed, to expose an underlying layer of different colored patina. For example, if an ancient coin has a layer of black patina, and some areas of brown patina on top of the black patina, then I guess I don&#039;t mind, if the brown patina is removed, to expose the underlying black patina, as long as none of the black patina is removed. But, I guess I wouldn&#039;t want any of the black patina to be removed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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