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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Colonialjohn, post: 2636299, member: 57741&quot;]In my new book out shortly via Amazon Books on Counterfeits although my contemporary circulating counterfeits (CCCs) start around 1500 in my foreign CCC chapter since I always like a date on my coins it was difficult and could be problematic on any issue which is debased in silver on why this is the case - is it an intentional contemporary circulating counterfeit or is it debased as an emergency issue or is it simply poor management at the MINT which seems to be the case in this thread. So analyzing these pieces indeed I would expect their debasement will be with tin rather than copper? Possibly as tin was more commonly used even in the 16thC from my research. Prior to 1500 I have not explored this issue in any depth. Was tin or copper use in the debasement and why?</p><p><br /></p><p>John Lorenzo</p><p>Numismatist</p><p>United States[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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