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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Topcat7, post: 2353971, member: 73372&quot;]Being relatively new to &#039;Ancients&#039;, my initial reaction was &quot;If the moneyer didn&#039;t put it there, get it off.&quot;, but as time has gone by I have noticed that some &#039;additions&#039; to ancient coins are not only acceptable but in some cases &#039;desirable&#039;, (such as patina, countermarks, chemical reactions, and &#039;dirt&#039; to name a few).</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was an &#039;ankle-biter&#039; (back in the original Flash Gordon days), I came across the word &quot;chronosynclasticinfundibulum&quot; which I was informed (at the time) meant the state that would exist if a person who knew everything about everything met someone else who knew everything about everything.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am a long way from entering that state.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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