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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7708277, member: 19463"]I'm not sure what it is you find strange. An obol had enough buying power to yield a profit to a counterfeiter or mint employee on the 'take' and it is well known that people look more carefully at $100 bills than they do $1paper. The risk of discovery was lower. I would like to know what the smallest fourree is. Mine is larger than yours at 1.5g (a Persian siglos fraction possibly 1/3???). It is well made with thick silver. I have seen but do not have plated fractions of the Croesid bull and lion type. I would love a specialty collection of tiny fourrees but I am sure 99.99% of those made would have rotted to nothing long ago.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1322397[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7708277, member: 19463"]I'm not sure what it is you find strange. An obol had enough buying power to yield a profit to a counterfeiter or mint employee on the 'take' and it is well known that people look more carefully at $100 bills than they do $1paper. The risk of discovery was lower. I would like to know what the smallest fourree is. Mine is larger than yours at 1.5g (a Persian siglos fraction possibly 1/3???). It is well made with thick silver. I have seen but do not have plated fractions of the Croesid bull and lion type. I would love a specialty collection of tiny fourrees but I am sure 99.99% of those made would have rotted to nothing long ago. [ATTACH=full]1322397[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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