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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 1233300, member: 15062&quot;]A facinating display, no doubt.&nbsp; I wonder, though, about ancient &quot;counterfeits.&quot;It is my perhaps distorted perception that there was a great lack of uniformity in examples of the designs of single coin types.&nbsp; That is, two or more of the same coin, minted in the same time, will have minor, or major, differences.&nbsp; Given this, how is one to determine that one may be counterfeit.As your quote indicates, some may have base metal cores coated with precious metals.&nbsp; I wonder about this in that I wasn&#039;t aware that plating or cladding was an ancient practice.&nbsp; Even if it was, I wouldn&#039;t doubt but that the mints of regimes in hard times would have resorted to this practice to increase their wealth.I&#039;m far from an expert on ancient coinage; perhaps I should read up on it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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