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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2059783, member: 19463"]<a href="http://www.ancients.info/forums/archive/index.php?t-2271.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancients.info/forums/archive/index.php?t-2271.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ancients.info/forums/archive/index.php?t-2271.html</a></p><p>The Lanz coin was discussed above in 2008. Be sure to read to the end where the question of authenticity comes up. I don't know. I am not able to be rational regarding anything Lanz offers since my last purchase from them ended in my paying but receiving no coin and no reply to inquiries. Recently they have been selling many obviously tooled junkers. If I found it in the dirt, I would suspect someone threw it away. These coins do not look right for bronze. Over the N on K's reverse it appears the exergual line has bent down revealing white pot metal/lead below. I suspect a test would reveal the copper look to be paint over lead/pewter/zinc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2059783, member: 19463"][url]http://www.ancients.info/forums/archive/index.php?t-2271.html[/url] The Lanz coin was discussed above in 2008. Be sure to read to the end where the question of authenticity comes up. I don't know. I am not able to be rational regarding anything Lanz offers since my last purchase from them ended in my paying but receiving no coin and no reply to inquiries. Recently they have been selling many obviously tooled junkers. If I found it in the dirt, I would suspect someone threw it away. These coins do not look right for bronze. Over the N on K's reverse it appears the exergual line has bent down revealing white pot metal/lead below. I suspect a test would reveal the copper look to be paint over lead/pewter/zinc.[/QUOTE]
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