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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 937056, member: 26302&quot;]Of course this is not an attribution or anything, but to me it looks an awful lot like a fourree core. I have seen many of them with traces of the outer layer still intact. As to what is was faking, since it appears bronze I would guess a silver fourree, since bronze would not be nearly heavy enough to pass for a gold coin once plated. The weight could be expained by maybe some lead in the alloy to trick people based on weight. I saw a gold fourree core once that was mostly lead.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My second guess would be a bronze, (brass) that has seen the worst for wear in time. I do not see any trace of a punchmark which is usually there somewhere in even the most unrecognizable electrum coins if I remember right. Doug can correct me on that.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just my two cents.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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