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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1705097, member: 42773&quot;]Debasement is an age old story - this coin is a modern version of what the Romans did time and again - dilute the denarii and antoniniani until they barely contained any silver at all. Since they were using copper, the coins were quite dark, so their solution to making them look like silver was a thin wash.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m guessing these were alloyed with a certain amount of nickel, right? Otherwise, how could they look so bright?</p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s an interesting and convenient calculator I found for finding the the melt value of Mexican coins...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.silverrecyclers.com/Calculators/mxcoin_calculator.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silverrecyclers.com/Calculators/mxcoin_calculator.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.silverrecyclers.com/Calculators/mxcoin_calculator.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>That peso comes in at $1.22, but of course it&#039;s worth much more for its numismatic interest and great eye appeal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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