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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 4260614, member: 26302&quot;]I don&#039;t think so. Nickel is found in the area. It is a weird story, unknown really. In about a 10 year timeframe, two different Bactrian rulers, (ruling different areas concurrently), struck these. They were the only known nickel coins struck in antiquity, and no one really tried to do it again until the 19th century. The other type has a tripod on the reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>Mine above looks corroded, but that is red toning. Its actually one of the best of this type I have ever seen. The soil in the region is horribly acidic, plus the dies did not last long at all striking nickel. Most of these types are either very weakly struck, the die is in terrible shape, or the coin is corroded.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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