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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2115686, member: 19463"]I have several pages on fourrees which have been promoted to death here in the past but anyone who does not know the term is invited to view them.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fourree.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fourree.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fourree.html</a></p><p>Just a few:</p><p>Otho silver over copper</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/4otho99.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Domna silver over copper</p><p>[ATTACH=full]400356[/ATTACH] </p><p>Byzantine gold over silver</p><p>[ATTACH=full]400352[/ATTACH] </p><p>I know nothing about contemporary Chinese counterfeits so can not comment on them. Current US cents are fourree, technically, with a more valuable metal over a cheaper core. I do not consider the current layered CN/Cu 'silver' to be fourree since the edges were not hidden and the reason was not to deceive but to produce something vending machines in 1965 would accept.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2115686, member: 19463"]I have several pages on fourrees which have been promoted to death here in the past but anyone who does not know the term is invited to view them. [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fourree.html[/url] Just a few: Otho silver over copper [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/4otho99.jpg[/IMG] Julia Domna silver over copper [ATTACH=full]400356[/ATTACH] Byzantine gold over silver [ATTACH=full]400352[/ATTACH] I know nothing about contemporary Chinese counterfeits so can not comment on them. Current US cents are fourree, technically, with a more valuable metal over a cheaper core. I do not consider the current layered CN/Cu 'silver' to be fourree since the edges were not hidden and the reason was not to deceive but to produce something vending machines in 1965 would accept.[/QUOTE]
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