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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hotwheelsearl, post: 7562673, member: 75143&quot;]It&#039;s very very difficult to find bronze coins that are shiny well-preserved, mainly because of the reactiveness of the metal. You can somewhat easily clean an encrusted silver or gold coin to mint-shine, but that&#039;s much more difficult with bronzes.</p><p><br /></p><p>My best bronze, or at least as close to as-struck as I&#039;ll ever get is this one of Faustina I:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1304012[/ATTACH] </p><p>Despite the state of preservation being <i>superb</i>, there jade-green patina completely covers the entire coin, and leaves virtually none of the underlying orichalcum visible. Nevertheless, this patinated bronze seems about as good as we can get to finding an as-struck bronze.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anybody have a bronze that actually still looks bronze, and is nearly as-struck?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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