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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 2298262, member: 44140&quot;]You run into the same problem with Indian coins. It seems in some parts of the world it part culture and part lack of education on proper cleaning and conservation techniques. In some place copper does not survive well, either through the use of chemical fertilizers and or acidic/ brackish environments. I would suspect eastern Europe would fit into that category. </p><p>In India they actually have a holiday where everything in the home is cleaned to a polish, this includes the coins. It was also popular in the last 18/19th century in the US and UK to have the servants polish the silver, and this included coins. You will find many US and British silver coins that have been cleaned in the most heinous of ways.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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