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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2217020, member: 42773&quot;]I posted this Constantine in my LRB thread already, but I&#039;m putting it here because I re-imaged it today. I wasn&#039;t happy with the first pics. This is a good example of a coin that&#039;s been waxed, or perhaps lacquered, probably during a time when waxing your coins was <i>de rigeur</i> in the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse is artificially glossy, but on the lower half of the reverse, the wax has worn off, or perhaps wasn&#039;t sufficiently applied, and there is a distinctly flat area. I thought of giving this coin a bath in acetone, but perhaps it&#039;s better to keep it as it is, as an example of an old school of thought.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other than reasons of conservation, ie., sealing a coin after BD treatment, I don&#039;t think wax is ever necessary. It certainly wasn&#039;t on this coin - there is some very minor surface roughness in a few spots, but nothing that disqualifies it from a gFV grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]433749[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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