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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2374680, member: 42773&quot;]I misunderstood you then - you were speaking of IHC&#039;s. IHC&#039;s haven&#039;t had enough time to develop a true patina, so of course you&#039;re correct.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s a matter of taste, and that decision does have to be made when it comes to certain very common Roman bronzes. Here are two examples of the Falling Horseman types, minted by Constantius II. Both coins are over 1600-years-old. The first did not develop much of a patina, mostly its darkly-toned bronze...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]485991[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The second developed a thick, rock-hard patina which covers the whole coin in a lovely emerald green...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]485992[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Collectors of ancients don&#039;t talk much about &quot;mint state&quot; coins. It&#039;s difficult to use the term for coins that, even if they didn&#039;t circulate in commerce, spent thousands of years in a buried pot and have to be cleaned. <i>Mint state</i> is long gone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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