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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1050391, member: 19463&quot;]There is also a difference in opinion on what constitutes a proper use of the word &#039;Patina&#039;.&nbsp; Hard Green is patina in everyone&#039;s book but we also see some toned coins called &#039;brown patina&#039;, some yellowing tone commonly seen on coins plucked from a river called &#039;Tiber patina&#039; and, most commonly, coins with hard packed dirt on the surface in the recesses called &#039;sand patina&#039;.&nbsp; I suspect that I am not the only one here who would be upset if someone sold me a coin in these categories and called the condition &#039;patina&#039;.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many toned or sandy dirt caked coins are pretty but they are not really patinas any more than German Silver is Silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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