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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1367352, member: 19463&quot;]Lets compare two denarii:</p><p>[ATTACH]160777.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This Tiberius was made in India to provide good silver currency when the real thing was either no longer available or after debasement made real Roman coins unacceptable to Indian merchants.&nbsp; The style is barbarous; the silver is good.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]160778.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This Augustus was made to deceive and pass as a real denarius even though a bit of wear revealed the fact that the center of the coin was copper with only a layer of silver wrapped around that core.&nbsp; Several such coins were made from one denarius worth of silver so there was profit in it for some crook.&nbsp; At some point when the wear exposed the core, someone got stuck holding the bag.&nbsp; The style is decent and deceptive but the coin is counterfeit.&nbsp; It is not barbarous.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Some of us collect one or the other of these categories; some both.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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