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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3032977, member: 76086&quot;]Not likely.&nbsp; I&#039;ve handled hundreds of thousands of Chinese coins and I have never seen or heard of one with bronze disease.&nbsp; That doesnt mean it couldnt happen, but I the metal composition combined with soil conditions makes for nice preservation.&nbsp; Somewhere around here I have a very boring metallurgical study of cash coins from the British Museum.&nbsp; I&#039;d have to dig it out.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, Chinese coins do have their own issues, and the OP coin illustrates it.&nbsp; Often they develop a light or pale green patina which is soft and is easily flaked off (and generally going in rather deep to the coin itself).&nbsp; You can see this on many European ancients as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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