Roman Collector Posted June 28 · Patron Share Posted June 28 Does this mean "smoothed and repatinated"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted June 28 · Supporter Share Posted June 28 Worse than that. "Las monedas repasadas son aquéllas que han sido restauradas recientemente con un buril para que parezcan monedas más valiosas de lo que realmente son. Generalmente se tratan de monedas antiguas y en la inmensa mayoría son monedas de bronce (ases, sestercios, dupondios, maiorinas…) ya que el oro y la plata son metales mucho más duros que hacen demasiado evidentes las marcas de manipulación." Revised coins are those that have been recently restored with a graver to make them appear to be more valuable coins than they really are. They are generally old coins and the vast majority are bronze coins (aces, sesterces, dupondios, maiorinas...) since gold and silver are much harder metals that make the marks of manipulation too evident. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted June 28 · Patron Author Share Posted June 28 55 minutes ago, John Conduitt said: Worse than that. "Las monedas repasadas son aquéllas que han sido restauradas recientemente con un buril para que parezcan monedas más valiosas de lo que realmente son. Generalmente se tratan de monedas antiguas y en la inmensa mayoría son monedas de bronce (ases, sestercios, dupondios, maiorinas…) ya que el oro y la plata son metales mucho más duros que hacen demasiado evidentes las marcas de manipulación." Revised coins are those that have been recently restored with a graver to make them appear to be more valuable coins than they really are. They are generally old coins and the vast majority are bronze coins (aces, sesterces, dupondios, maiorinas...) since gold and silver are much harder metals that make the marks of manipulation too evident. So more like "tooled, smoothed, and repatinated." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Theodosius Posted June 28 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted June 28 Silver and gold are much softer than bronze... but it is still not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocatarinetabellatchitchix Posted June 28 · Member Share Posted June 28 So 15 tooled coins in the same auction. At least they are honest… 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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