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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LaCointessa, post: 3362616, member: 87186&quot;]Hi again [USER=101452]@Pondering_Infinity[/USER] - I don&#039;t exactly, but I take photographs of the coins I have selected to clean first and examine the photographs well. I look at the coin closely. Sometimes I have an idea of an attribution (even a general one) and as I go along I try to nail that attribution down so that I know where everything is on the coin and I don&#039;t go poking around where I should not. But as for what I will find under one layer or two of crustiness, I am never sure. Sometimes I know immediately not to go down any further like on the Vot coin. Then there are surprises like the coin shown at the bottom where after getting rid of all the green, I found a dark bluishblack layer and then only by thinking I saw something lighter but not metal under <i>that</i> in some spots did I dare to dive further and that is when I found the final lighter rather creamy brown color which, of course, is still patina over the metal which is below.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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