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Message:: [QUOTE="Eduard, post: 2643761, member: 8959"]Sorry to hear that! It would be interesting to know what markers/characteristics Curtis saw which led him to that conclusion. We could all learn from that. Thankfully, you are getting your money back so at the end, no harm done. (Besides the obvious stress and disappointment!)   Glück in Unglück! kein Schaden entstanden<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Coincidentally, and if this is any consolation, I had a similar experience with this sestertius of Nero Claudius Drusus many years ago:  It was obviously worn, but had very nice portrait and a respectable reverse. On the advice of experienced collectors I put the coin in an acetone bath.  They said - what and see what will happen. Guess what happened? huge pits and craters became evident on the obverse and reverse, as you can see in the pictures.  Somebody had filled in and repaired the coin with a plastic material which dissolved in the acetone. I was lucky too: the dealer who sold it to me reimbursed me fully (it had not been cheap!) and allowed me to keep the coin.  I still like the portrait a lot, so at the end I came out ahead.[ATTACH=full]583677[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]583678[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]