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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 7805688, member: 101855&quot;]The previous response demonstrates why I avoid buying ancient coins in copper. I am too old to figure out this riddle. For American coins, the British Museum piece would be in a copper coin in a junk box. To be objective, the first piece would be in a “details” third party grading company holder.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not venturing into that confusing territory. I’ll buy silver, higher grade silver washed coins, smooth unprocessed looking copper and some day, I hope, gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>I might add that there are purists in the field of American gold coins who think that gold coins that look like copper have “character.” Some of them only have a coating of iodine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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