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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AnYangMan, post: 6393819, member: 87271&quot;]Just a quick word on the Henzen/repatination thing: it is indeed done chemically (as in it is not painted on) and is a &#039;speed-up&#039; of a &#039;natural&#039; process, but can look horrid and artificial in my opinion. He mostly does it on coins that have had a previous not-so-successful cleaning, but has gotten less selective over the years it seems. A couple of coins that were sold on auctions and subsequently reappeared in his stock (some quite quickly):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1253198[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1253197[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1253199[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1253200[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1253201[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1253204[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A shame really. All were nice coins, despite minor faults. But I wouldnt touch them now. Some don&#039;t look too bad, but I personally would be weary of what defects the &#039;cleaning&#039; might have hidden. Take a look at that planchet fault on the reverse of that lion thaler for example that seems to have decreased in size significantly (at least optically, might I add). It&#039;s especially prevalent on his medieval coinage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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