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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 7975994, member: 110226&quot;]That&#039;s a nice coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think the coin has a silver wash or has been electro plated.&nbsp; I have a silver washed follis of Maximinanus, Siscia Mint, 286-310 AD, that has the silver wash more or less intact, and its appearance is quite distinctive, with its bright silver surfaces contrasting with some parts of the lettering and rim exposing the much more base metal beneath.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1384137[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Nor do I think that the coin was plated.&nbsp; Such plating would tend to make the legend and devices fuzzier - there would be a loss of detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>Comparing our coins, it is clear that they were produced with different dies.&nbsp; You coin definitely has the &quot;billon look&quot; - a kind of grayish green.&nbsp; My coin does have a more silver look to it, so I think it has a higher silver content.&nbsp; Based on my experience with coins of known fineness, such as the Mexican silver pesos of 1918 and the 1920&#039;s, I would guess that my coin might have a silver content of 60% to 75%.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There is an electronic device that measures metal content, but it is very expensive and I am not sure about the accuracy of the measurements.&nbsp; I could try to perform a specific gravity test, but my homemade approach to this is not very satisfactory.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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