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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SeptimusT, post: 3114521, member: 91240&quot;]I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s noticed it. As I’ve become more interested in the coinage of Alexandria, with its interesting and sometimes bizarre imagery, not to mention the lovely feeling of a chunky drachm in your hand, I’ve also noticed that its issues seem unusually predisposed to bronze disease. </p><p><br /></p><p>Take for example this latest coin I acquired, which I am still in the process of treating. Thankfully the corrosion only covered the surface for the most part, but it arrived in a flip that was accumulating green powder at the bottom, and it left a powdery residue on my hands from just handling it. It actually added a nice highlight to the devices, but for its own good it is now soaking in distilled water due to its flakiness. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]790914[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Then there’s this, a product of the minting process at Alexandria, which has resulted in what appears to be a bronze disease sandwich. Thankfully it seems stable, but I don’t know how to treat it. There’s no way to clean it out, and for all I know it has a core of solid bronze disease. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]790915[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I even see coins that look diseased being offered at major auction houses, with no mention of the problem. Why is it that these coins which were mostly likely found in the same dry environment in which they were made are so predisposed to bronze disease?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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