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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 25204513, member: 91820&quot;]I see this patina on lots of group lots these days - are they all phony?&nbsp; I had assumed that the coins from the sands of Syria as a result of the war over there - the same way that coins from the area in and around Serbia seemed to come over here during the war 30 or so years ago.&nbsp; Viva la guerre!</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder if: (1) this is a new type of patina that was just discovered (2) all of the coins with this color patina are phony - not that it matters - I have noticed that some dealers seem to have a standard color on many of their bronzes.&nbsp; This is just fine with me - if it is done well, phony patina looks quite nice.&nbsp; If it is just paint slopped on then not so good.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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