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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jay GT4, post: 8157666, member: 88526&quot;]Real sand patina is neither sand nor patina...it&#039;s dirt.&nbsp; By carefully cleaning off the dirt you can highlight the devices.&nbsp; Do some dealers add the dirt back?&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; Are all &quot;sand patinas&quot; applied?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; Back in the 90&#039;s you could get amazing uncleaned coins, from all eras and locations that were completely encrusted in thick, hard dirt.&nbsp; Many were expertly cleaned.&nbsp; In hand it&#039;s pretty easy to tell which are real and which are applied.&nbsp; Hereˋs one of mine from back in the day.&nbsp; Original &quot;sand&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1423621[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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