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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2293448, member: 19463&quot;]There are ancients with about 1% on purpose.&nbsp; They believed the coin must contain the silver value of the denomination but inflation kept reducing that amount.&nbsp; The coins stayed the same size but the silver dropped to next to nothing before Aurelian restored what he considered a good amount of one part silver to 20 parts copper.&nbsp; At these levelsa silver color wash was needed to make the coins look silver.&nbsp; For your collection theme, I would suggest a coin with partially intact silver wash but showing enough of the base color that everyone would know the truth of the matter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aurelian 4.77% silver with wash.&nbsp; The KA in exergue is the Greek numeral for 20 (K) and 1 (A).&nbsp; It is a silver coin and the people who made it took care that the alloy was correct. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]459969[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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