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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ro1974, post: 2677899, member: 73358&quot;]A <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=Fourree" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=Fourree" rel="nofollow">fourree</a> is a coin, most often a counterfeit, struck with a base metal core that has been plated with a precious metal to look like its official solid metal counterpart. The term derived from a French word meaning &quot;stuffed,‟ is most applied to ancient silver plated coins such as Roman <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=denarii" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=denarii" rel="nofollow">denarii</a> and Greek drachms, but may be used to describe any plated coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most obvious way to detect a fouree is a plating break exposing the base metal core. Often, however, plating breaks are not immediately obvious and the first indicator that coin is a counterfeit is unofficial <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=style" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=style" rel="nofollow">style</a>. The <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=style" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=style" rel="nofollow">style</a> of the <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=Maximinus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=Maximinus" rel="nofollow">Maximinus</a> I Thrax <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=Denarius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=Denarius" rel="nofollow">denarius</a> above is very different from that of an official Roman mint <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=Denarius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=Denarius" rel="nofollow">denarius</a>. On this coin the copper core is clearly visible. Not all <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=Ancient%20counterfeits" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=Ancient%20counterfeits" rel="nofollow">ancient counterfeits</a> are <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=Fourree" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=Fourree" rel="nofollow">fourree</a> but coins with odd <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=style" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=style" rel="nofollow">style</a> should be closely examined under magnification to search for plating breaks and signs of a base metal core.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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