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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2021053, member: 19463&quot;]There is no silver ancient coin which has a value greatly dependent on its metal value.&nbsp; Considering the number of people who know nothing about coins that would take a coin to a jeweler and take comfort in it being silver, this would seem a worthwhile investment.&nbsp; Many fake coins we see sold as real started out as replicas or jewelry pieces with no claim to being real.&nbsp; &nbsp; There was a time that people interested in making a deceptive fake of a rare coin would get their metal from a similar common ancient coin so the trace elements would be closer to exact.&nbsp; This one is not deceptive style but may be old enough that the silver in it was considered to be a quarter&#039;s worth.&nbsp;&nbsp; Fakes made of pot metal are more often gift shop replicas not intended by the maker as something to fool you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Compare at $4 in tin:</p><p><a href="http://www.antiquanova.com/First-revolt-HalfShekel-Judea-66-70-AD-tin-replica-coin-d101.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.antiquanova.com/First-revolt-HalfShekel-Judea-66-70-AD-tin-replica-coin-d101.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.antiquanova.com/First-revolt-HalfShekel-Judea-66-70-AD-tin-replica-coin-d101.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This company does not mark their tin copies but puts a company mark on their real silver items.&nbsp; I guess they figure that no one would be fooled by the tin ones.&nbsp; If you were thinking about making jewelry out of an ancient coin, the silver ones would wear better but the style would still be wrong if you have studied the subject at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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