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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2275462, member: 19463&quot;]<a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=14297" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=14297" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=14297</a></p><p>I believe the above bronze has the same countermark.&nbsp; There never was an answer about the size but the loop on the bezel suggests it is a hemidrachm rather than tetradrachm.&nbsp;&nbsp; Before it was mounted, it was an interesting and valuable coin but if it was soldered in the ring that drops by 90% on the coin market.&nbsp; If removed and the coins show damage as it probably would the jewelry value is ruined.&nbsp; Some of us collect countermarked coins but I suspect the family story might make keeping it the best answer.&nbsp; Repaired coins and broken jewelry are not high demand items even if the starting point was a desirable, rare even, coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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