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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2456580, member: 19463"]A fourree is not just an ancient imitation but one where the flan was made with a precious metal outer shell over a more base core. Most are silver over copper. I have a page showing quite a few:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fourree.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fourree.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fourree.html</a></p><p>Some of my better ones have come along since that old page was written and I am long overdue in updating. I really should quit writing here and polish up those old pages. </p><p>Augustus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]514122[/ATTACH]</p><p>Augustus with great seams on the obverse where the silver foil failed to join completely</p><p>[ATTACH=full]514123[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Tiberius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]514124[/ATTACH] </p><p>I prefer fourrees with a reasonable amount of core exposure showing how the sandwich was made. Certainly there are fourrees showing no core that are fooling their owners. The Greek tetradrachm of Alexander the Great below has a twin from the same dies with much less core showing (only a tiny speck) but weighing less than my coin (copper is lighter than silver). I have written two sellers resulting in the coin being pulled from their sales but I suspect that the owner just consigned it again somewhere I did not see it and sold it as solid. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]514128[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This photo series of a fourree Athenian tetradrachm shows a lot about what is to be seen below. </p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/163095232.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Very rarely gold fourrees were done over a silver core. These worn longer before disclosing their little secret. Gold sticks to silver very well. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]514129[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2456580, member: 19463"]A fourree is not just an ancient imitation but one where the flan was made with a precious metal outer shell over a more base core. Most are silver over copper. I have a page showing quite a few: [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fourree.html[/url] Some of my better ones have come along since that old page was written and I am long overdue in updating. I really should quit writing here and polish up those old pages. Augustus [ATTACH=full]514122[/ATTACH] Augustus with great seams on the obverse where the silver foil failed to join completely [ATTACH=full]514123[/ATTACH] Tiberius [ATTACH=full]514124[/ATTACH] I prefer fourrees with a reasonable amount of core exposure showing how the sandwich was made. Certainly there are fourrees showing no core that are fooling their owners. The Greek tetradrachm of Alexander the Great below has a twin from the same dies with much less core showing (only a tiny speck) but weighing less than my coin (copper is lighter than silver). I have written two sellers resulting in the coin being pulled from their sales but I suspect that the owner just consigned it again somewhere I did not see it and sold it as solid. [ATTACH=full]514128[/ATTACH] This photo series of a fourree Athenian tetradrachm shows a lot about what is to be seen below. [IMG]http://www.pbase.com/dougsmit/image/163095232.jpg[/IMG] Very rarely gold fourrees were done over a silver core. These worn longer before disclosing their little secret. Gold sticks to silver very well. [ATTACH=full]514129[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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