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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 592380, member: 2972&quot;]I think it&#039;s fair to say that oils do a very good job of protecting copper.&nbsp; They have been used for a long time and with fabulous results.&nbsp; Their major drawback in my eyes is they tend to dry over time and require re-application.&nbsp; Care and feeding, if you will.&nbsp; In addition, the coins have a &quot;shiny&quot; appearance that is plainly visible on the coin (and unnatural to my eye).</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I&#039;ll take a nice original coin with a thick skin with a small piece of very inert verdigris that took 200+ years to form and as a result is very stable over a coin that has had its skin removed and now requires an oil change every few months or so.&nbsp; However, the former doesn&#039;t exactly grow on trees or come cheaply.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But that&#039;s just me, and what&#039;s cool about collecting is what I like doesn&#039;t necessarily have to be what you like, and vice versa....Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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