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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3315471, member: 19463&quot;]When selecting a fourree, I see four things as important to consider.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Style: Is the coin either close enough to official that you could be fooled by it OR is it wild enough that no one could be fooled?&nbsp; I consider both interesting.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]878494[/ATTACH] </p><p>2. Type:&nbsp; Is it an interesting type that is not all that easily obtained in solid?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]878495[/ATTACH] </p><p>3.&nbsp; Core:&nbsp; Is the pattern of core exposure either interesting or minimal so as not to make the coin ugly.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]878497[/ATTACH] </p><p>4. Seams and such:&nbsp; Are there good signs of seams where the silver foil layers overlap in an interesting or educational way. The obverse of the Augustus above is the best example of a seam I have seen. This also would allow fourrees that define fourrees particularly well even if not made by the foil method.&nbsp; I looked a long time for my gold over silver Byzantine so you get to see it again and again even though it is a bit blobby and worn.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]878503[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>What I want is a gold over silver with a wear pattern like this gold over copper example.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]878506[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I once saw an as of Nero that was copper over iron but 95% of the iron was rusted away leaving a hollow shell that was a bit dented and delicate to handle.&nbsp; It was not for sale but I certainly would have liked to have had it. Fourrees are like frogs.&nbsp; Not every one kissed will turn into a hansome prince.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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