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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AnYangMan, post: 6394574, member: 87271&quot;]I think that is completely subjective! While I don’t think I would personally buy it, simply because knowing the toning is artificial would make me love the coin less, I do think the case is different for ancients vs. moderns. It can be an appealing patina, but after browsing through his stock for a while I find that all coins start to look the same. Coins from all eras and parts of the world, all with the same colours and ultra-clean fields. I think it is an appealing type and example, even with the less-than natural toning! All have their preferences and I&#039;m certainly not under the illusion that none of my coins has had a touch-up and things like cleaning, repatination in a cabinet or other specific storage conditions don&#039;t really bother me. I do think Henzen goes a little too far sometimes, repatinating half his stock! And once you know what his cleanings look like, you instantly recognise them. Another thing I find less-than-stellar is that he will sometimes put &#039;nice colourful patina&#039; in the description of coins he has repatinated. I guess not false advertising, but someone could definitely be under the impression that they are getting a gorgeous &#039;original&#039; patination. I avoid him because of this.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I said horrid I was mostly referring to jobs like this, which I think most can agree on, went a little too far:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1253261[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1253262[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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