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<p>[QUOTE="Jasper Burns, post: 7544658, member: 88325"]Greetings! If you go to VCoins and look at their sestertius offerings, you may notice some consistency of color. (You can use the "Search in this store" feature for "sestertius".) To me, a significant percentage of these coins seem to have an attractive but somewhat unusual olive green/brown color. </p><p><br /></p><p>The only three ways I can account for this is 1) all of these coins came from the same locale (unlikely), 2) a photographic peculiarity (possible), 3) the coins have been repatinated or improved in the same way.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've bought one sestertius from them that did not have this color. Service was impeccable and the coin is very nice, though gentle but extensive smoothing was not mentioned.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am very tempted by many of their coins, but am concerned about the uniformity of appearance. Any thoughts about this would be greatly appreciated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jasper Burns, post: 7544658, member: 88325"]Greetings! If you go to VCoins and look at their sestertius offerings, you may notice some consistency of color. (You can use the "Search in this store" feature for "sestertius".) To me, a significant percentage of these coins seem to have an attractive but somewhat unusual olive green/brown color. The only three ways I can account for this is 1) all of these coins came from the same locale (unlikely), 2) a photographic peculiarity (possible), 3) the coins have been repatinated or improved in the same way. I've bought one sestertius from them that did not have this color. Service was impeccable and the coin is very nice, though gentle but extensive smoothing was not mentioned. I am very tempted by many of their coins, but am concerned about the uniformity of appearance. Any thoughts about this would be greatly appreciated.[/QUOTE]
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