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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mr.MonkeySwag96, post: 8324012, member: 100951&quot;]A week ago, I purchased a Claudius As on eBay to add to my 12 Caesars collection. When I finally opened the package, I noticed that the plastic flip is smeared with green powder that is flaking off the coin, a telltale sign of bronze disease.</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller I bought the coin from is garya138fs.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/255286983662" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/255286983662" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/255286983662</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is his eBay description:</p><p><br /></p><p>“Roman Imperial AE AS of Claudius, 41-54 AD, Sear 1860, R.I.C. 113, 11.4 gms., 29 mm diameter. The obverse shows Claudius, bare head to the left. The obverse legend is &quot;TI. CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG. P.M. TR.P. IMP. P.P.&quot;. The reverse shows the legend &quot;LIBERTAS AVGVSTA&quot;, with Libertas standing facing, with pileus, extending left hand. The obverse is a dark brown color overall, but shows a small brighter copper color on the cheek from a small loss of metal, and a contact mark that is noticeable where the hair meets the forehead, above the eye. The reverse is also mostly dark brown in color with a few specks of verdigris scattered, and a lighter color showing down the lower part of the figure of Libertas”</p><p><br /></p><p>His description is accurate for the most part but he didn’t mention anything about bronze disease. Most of the stable, hard green deposits are on the reverse but the bronze disease is attacking the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/gFZW1Jh.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, there are spots of bronze disease on Claudius’s neck, forehead, and above the legends “CAESAR.”</p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison, signs of the bronze disease isn’t visible on the seller’s pics:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/woUw1psnQ7O4cMUZMlFE_s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/JvSFv6ivQdC8awo6KZzO_s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/nrBVK25AQOixE8sxjbrK_s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder if the bronze disease formed just after he shipped me the coin or if his pics deliberately hid evidence of the bronze disease</p><p><br /></p><p>Too bad I can’t return this item. I most likely won’t ever buy bronze coins on eBay in the future.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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