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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1432425, member: 26302"]I have seen what I comfortably believe were lead fourree cores that were ancient. Don't know if that counts though. Lead was really only used by forgers in Europe, not official coinage. I do have some nice lead coins from China from around the 9th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have never seen an entire ancient european fake in lead. While it can be shiny for a bit, I don't think it would fool many shopowners since its too soft.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1432425, member: 26302"]I have seen what I comfortably believe were lead fourree cores that were ancient. Don't know if that counts though. Lead was really only used by forgers in Europe, not official coinage. I do have some nice lead coins from China from around the 9th century. I have never seen an entire ancient european fake in lead. While it can be shiny for a bit, I don't think it would fool many shopowners since its too soft.[/QUOTE]
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