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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 5050448, member: 110226&quot;]Perhaps it might, but the whole process of oxidation is fickle and subject to conditions such as humidity and the environment (such as soil properties for buried coins) that a coin is stored or deposited.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those magnificent, hard green patinas that some ancient coins display did not happen over night.&nbsp; Just look at a penny, and it is easy to see the progression from mint state red, to yellow to brown, and you get an idea of how, over time, a bronze coin (and silver as well) can change.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps, in a few hundred years your coin might be uniformly green, or brown with green, or who knows?&nbsp; The main thing, though, is to appreciate the coin as it currently is, warts and all.&nbsp; After all that&#039;s the fun, exploration and fulfillment of collecting ancient and other coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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