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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3047642, member: 19463&quot;]Is there any spot on the coin showing gray?&nbsp; The photo looks like there might be some down in the cut but it is hard to tell from a photo and it would be odd to have the silver show down there.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ll show a pair of owls demonstrating why the cuts were made.</p><p><br /></p><p>If one cut does not convince you a coin is good, try, try again....and again.&nbsp; This coin is solid.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]761841[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This one was first cut discreetly left of the tail.&nbsp; If you look closely near the right end of the cut you can see a tiny break through to the core.&nbsp; On seeing that, the tester did a not at all discreet crossbody cut that left nothing to be questioned.&nbsp; This coin is a fourree but unusual in that it weighs 16.5g which is a decent weight for a solid tetradrachm.&nbsp; This was accomplished by making the coin ever so slightly larger than a normal tetradrachm to offset the lighter copper in the core. I would think it would stand out in a group of real coins just from being too impressive.&nbsp; Perhaps that was what led to it being suspected and tested. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]761854[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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