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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3890224, member: 10461"]I will add that one or two of the 1880s Indian cents I've dug from 8-10" deep in the sandy, well drained soil of a local park here had a nice smooth, hard green patina on them. (Like <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/antoninus-pius-an-unlisted-genius-dupondius.350495/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/antoninus-pius-an-unlisted-genius-dupondius.350495/">this ancient</a> has.) I believe it is just the sort appreciated by collectors of ancient bronze. (And post-1864 Indian cents are, of course, bronze.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Most US coin collectors would view such patina negatively but I find it appealing- at least on a dug relic coin, when there's not too much porosity present.</p><p><br /></p><p>And since most ancients come to us as a result of having been dug relics at some point, I guess it's par for the course.</p><p><br /></p><p>That 1892 cent spent some time in the ground. You could call it "environmental damage" or "patina". Or both, in this case. Either way, for better or worse, it's history.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3890224, member: 10461"]I will add that one or two of the 1880s Indian cents I've dug from 8-10" deep in the sandy, well drained soil of a local park here had a nice smooth, hard green patina on them. (Like [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/antoninus-pius-an-unlisted-genius-dupondius.350495/']this ancient[/URL] has.) I believe it is just the sort appreciated by collectors of ancient bronze. (And post-1864 Indian cents are, of course, bronze.) Most US coin collectors would view such patina negatively but I find it appealing- at least on a dug relic coin, when there's not too much porosity present. And since most ancients come to us as a result of having been dug relics at some point, I guess it's par for the course. That 1892 cent spent some time in the ground. You could call it "environmental damage" or "patina". Or both, in this case. Either way, for better or worse, it's history.[/QUOTE]
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