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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;4to2centBC, post: 2762393, member: 76181&quot;]Salem, Salem, Salem..... a puzzling fellow. </p><p><br /></p><p>Years ago, prior to the mummy debacle, Salem posted a very expensive coin that he was thinking of re-patinating and asked for opinions on Forum. It opened my eyes to the fact that many desert patinas are in fact artificial. Since I don&#039;t view most coins in hand before buying, I immediately stopped looking at any and all sand patinated coins. My choice. I avoid an entire class of coins now. Why bother to guess what was original and what was artificially enhanced, when there are so many other types of coins out there.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, Salem does get some nice Roman Provincial Tets that are not artificially patinated. I bought my Philip from him. Beautiful coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t figure out what is going on with Salem and his orange coins, but I solved the problem by not buying any a very long time ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess the lesson here is, know something about the coin you want to buy before you buy. Know the dealer you are buying from before you buy. Caveat emptor[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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