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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Macromius, post: 8356500, member: 90772&quot;]I&#039;m posting because I thought this thread needed some more practical knowledge. Here are 2 examples of carefully smoothed coins. The left is before and the right after.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both coins are mine. I know they are smoothed because I smoothed them. The deep gouge on Hadrian&#039;s neck was unacceptable to me so I smoothed it using 0000 steel wool which, I believe, is the number one choice of coin smoothers. I could have completely removed the gouge but I felt that would be overdoing it. I just knocked it down some. Before you accuse me of smoothing the whole coin, I was very careful to restrict my activities to the neck gouge only. Any other areas that may look different to you are simply due to different photography and lighting.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Domna had faintly pinkish/purplish gunk on it which I stripped off using sodium sesquicarbonate. At this point I was unsure as to whether or not the gunk was natural, or something applied by someone to disguise flaws. You can certainly see the flaws in the after photo. The coin was then lightly smoothed (all over) and repatinated. Yes, the patina is modern, done with Jax, wax, and an electric oven.</p><p>(If I were to sell this I would certainly inform the buyer of this fact.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I could write a fat thesis on fake patinas but the last time I tried to impart some of my knowledge here on that subject it didn&#039;t exactly go over well....so please don&#039;t ask.[ATTACH=full]1483133[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1483134[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1483135[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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