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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 3237900, member: 8959&quot;]I have had this denarius for about 20 years. A few months ago I noticed for the first time the very fine crack seen on top of the head. </p><p><br /></p><p>Curious as I am, and always careful not to buy coins with obvious cracks, I applied a little bending stress to it with my fingers. Poof!&nbsp; it came apart....wasn&#039;t expecting that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wow, my heart sank - such a pretty denarius....and a type I really like to boot...</p><p><br /></p><p>I have since &#039;tested&#039; all 150 or so denarii in my collection, both visually and via the &#039;bending stresst test&#039; - fortunately, no fails, neither visually nor otherwise.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can only surmise this one was heavily crystallized when I got it after spending much of its life in the ground. The stress may have exacerbated over time under</p><p>dry storage conditions in a tray. Maybe.</p><p><br /></p><p>I once had this happen with a beautiful (and very rare) minor german state coin I found MD&#039;ing. Beautiful when found, it broke apart after a year in dry storage.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am over it. But now I have an excellent excuse to buy a replacement<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" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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