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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herodotus, post: 5182880, member: 111387&quot;]I too prefer your coin to that of the OP&#039;s(before or after). </p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s something about a hardened even green-patina that I like; in comparison to greenish encrustation encapsulating a coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The former, I believe to be part of the original coin&#039;s metal metamorphized into a shell.&nbsp; Whereas, the latter appear to me to be more of an earthen encrustation.&nbsp; An organic concreted layer that has perhaps been stained by the coin&#039;s oxidized metal, or other minerals in the substrate that it was discovered.</p><p><br /></p><p>If one were to remove the patina on your coin it would look stripped, and much of the (potentially fragile) sharp details (being part of the patina) would likely be lost.</p><p><br /></p><p>The removal of encrustation on the OP&#039;s coin was able to expose the sturdy details underneath.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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