 | John Pinkerton - 1808 - 440 sider
...appearance of the East-Indian stone called blood-stone. These rusts are all, when the real product of time, as hard as the metal itself, and preserve it...not the most minute particle of the impression of thq coin. When medals are found in which the letters are displaced, as is common in those of Claudius... | |
 | 1810 - 438 sider
...appearance of the East Indian stone called blood-stone. These rusts are all, when the real product of time, as hard as the metal itself, and preserve it much better than any artificial varnish would have done ; concealing at the same time not the most minute particle of the impression of the... | |
 | 1823 - 876 sider
...appearance of the East Indian stone called the blood-stone. These rusts are all, when the real product of time, as hard as the metal itself, and preserve it...most minute particle of the impression of the coin." The value of medals is lowered when any of the letters of the legend are misplaced ; as a suspicion... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 824 sider
...appearance of the East Indian stone called the blood stone. These rusts are all, when the real product of time, as hard as the metal itself, and preserve it...most minute particle of the impression of the coin.' The value of medals is lowered when any of the letters of the legend are misplaced ; as a suspicion... | |
 | 1839
...appearance of the East Indian stone called the bloodstone. These rusts are all, when the real product of time, as hard as the metal itself, and preserve it...better than any artificial varnish could have done ; con. cealing at the same time not the most mi • uuta particle of the impression of the coin." THE... | |
 | 1841 - 282 sider
...of rust ; but, as Pinkerton says, " These rusts are all, when the real product of time, as hard .is the metal itself, and preserve it much better than...most minute particle of the impression of the coin." In the case of gold and silver, the purer these metals are, the cleaner and freer from blemish, and... | |
 | 1841 - 272 sider
...therefore, different kinds of rust ; but, as Pinkerton says, " These rusts are all, when the real product of time, as hard as the metal itself, • and preserve...varnish could have done ; concealing, at the . same tune not the most minute particle of the impression of the coin." In the case of gold and silver, the... | |
 | 1871 - 256 sider
...a bronze brown, and sometimes of an exquisite green. These rusts are all, when the real product of time, as hard as the metal itself, and preserve it...better than any artificial varnish could have done. There is another blemish of ancient coins, which, notwithstanding, rather recommends them to the curious... | |
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... colour, with as fine effect as a variegated silk or gem. In a few instances a rust of deeper green is found ; and it is sometimes spotted with the red or bronze shade, which gives it quite the appearance of the East Indian stone called blood-stone. 