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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marc Aceton, post: 1999087, member: 72101&quot;]The Aelius is robust towards acetone and a &quot;good&quot; coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>There used to be some bronzes in my collection that were sealed with something that I call &quot;grease patina&quot; in order to conceal serious problems. Especially coin fairs and the offer of notorious auction houses are full of those prettied coins with their high-gloss patina. Holding one in hand, you will not believe that such a beautiful ancient coin exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fraud will become evident when bathing bronzes in solvents. Looking at the real shape of those coins, will not only make you hate the dealers from whom you bought them but also urge you to get rid of them a s a p. By the way, if I had repainted my &quot;acetone victims&quot;, I would have regarded myself as liar. Therefore, I was happy that I just had to victimize my Aelius to fairly compensate the losses from the &quot;acetone victims&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really do not want to show my &quot;acetone victims&quot; here. This is something that fortunately belongs to the path. Maybe, as an experienced collector, one is supposed to raise a warning finger to the large number of &quot;grease patina&quot; bronzes since I want to prevent young collectors from paying too much dearly. Nevertheless, the market is full of honest and nice bronzes, so let us have a concentrate on them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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