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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1367348, member: 19463&quot;]Jessvc hit the nail on the head.&nbsp; I don&#039;t like to see the term &#039;counterfeit&#039; used for these coins.&nbsp; They were not made to deceive people but to serve as spending money in places poorly served by the real thing.&nbsp; Roman culture spread to the corners of their known world but receded in times when the empire&#039;s power was on the wane.&nbsp; People who ad seen the value of a cash economy missed the advantages of using coins and made things that would fill that need.&nbsp; Some are small and trashy but others are every bit the equal of the real thing in terms of value and metal.&nbsp; Some of us consider them very collectible.&nbsp; There are contemporary counterfeits meant to deceive and it is not always easy to tell then apart.&nbsp; Barbarous is a term we use for a style that is too wild and unusual to have been made in the mint or by someone seriously capable of making a deceptive counterfeit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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