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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3014871, member: 72790"]Fourees , or plated coins, were invented the day after coinage was. Why that was so, varied from forgeries from some back alley, to mint workers putting in some overtime, to government trying to find enough bullion to cover the deficit or hide the fact that the war was going badly. If one wants to understand the nature of ancient coinage, having some fourees in one's collection is almost a requirement. Especially if not too damaged, and of rarer issues, they often represent a good buy. I have never balked at buying holed or damaged coins or plated ones as I want coins in my collection that circulated, were handled by the people, and knowing that they were spent in shops, gifted to the gods, paid to the legions, or to their barbarian enemies across the limes as tribute, brings me great enjoyment as I too finger the same coin that some centurion or priest or peasant derived sustenance or enjoyment from. For me these coins are the tangible link in a chain from them to me and fourees are very much some of those links in the chain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3014871, member: 72790"]Fourees , or plated coins, were invented the day after coinage was. Why that was so, varied from forgeries from some back alley, to mint workers putting in some overtime, to government trying to find enough bullion to cover the deficit or hide the fact that the war was going badly. If one wants to understand the nature of ancient coinage, having some fourees in one's collection is almost a requirement. Especially if not too damaged, and of rarer issues, they often represent a good buy. I have never balked at buying holed or damaged coins or plated ones as I want coins in my collection that circulated, were handled by the people, and knowing that they were spent in shops, gifted to the gods, paid to the legions, or to their barbarian enemies across the limes as tribute, brings me great enjoyment as I too finger the same coin that some centurion or priest or peasant derived sustenance or enjoyment from. For me these coins are the tangible link in a chain from them to me and fourees are very much some of those links in the chain.[/QUOTE]
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