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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2800682, member: 19463&quot;]I can say nothing for certain from the photos and later denarii with low silver can corrode in ways that look like copper especially if they were hoarded with copper coins.&nbsp; I would not bet I would be &#039;certain&#039; with coin in hand.&nbsp; I do not have a lot of experience with coins like this.&nbsp; I do not go out of my way to buy them unless I see something interesting in terms of style (good or bad) or they come in a group with coins I wanted (like the AK lot surplus coins I sold through JA recently and I hope found good homes with some of you). There are most certainly fourrees this late.&nbsp; My Gordian III is very obviously barbarous (cute even?) but my Trajan Decius is decent but not official style and definitely plated.&nbsp; Some fourree makers were equally or more skilled than some at the regular mint.&nbsp; This late, the tiny profit to be made making fourrees discouraged the practice. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]652853[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]652854[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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