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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4960533, member: 19463&quot;]Truth: When I look at the fourrees shown and the coins not identified as fourrees, I see no significant separation in weight.&nbsp; On some, for example the coin shown by Odessa, there is wear through the surface of some letters that looks (judging from the photo) like what you expect from surface enriched flans (pickled in acid to leave better silver on top).&nbsp; Over the years, I have bought several coins listed as fourrees that were solid.&nbsp; The first of these was from NFA over 30 years ago. The fact remains that there are coins that are fourree that show no core and solid coins that are solid that show deposits or seams that cause them to be misidentified by people working quickly including people who should know better. </p><p><br /></p><p>Speculation: Is it possible that all of these coins are solid, surface enriched, flans with some delamination, cracking and deposits that have caused them to be suspected of being fourree.&nbsp; Telling this from photos is not safe.&nbsp; Examining in person with a stereo microscope would require someone with experience with the issues looking for the answers rather than just cataloging a hundred coins and hour to meet a deadline. </p><p><br /></p><p>Opinion:&nbsp; The potential buyer of the coin should not buy it.&nbsp; The possibility of him being dissatisfied and finding more &#039;experts&#039; to say the coin is bad would make it better sold to someone fully aware of the situation.&nbsp; Were the coin mine, I would not sell it except &#039;as-is&#039; to someone quite familiar with the coins of Nero from this period (is this certainly Rome mint???).&nbsp; I am no expert in these but what I see does not line up well with the young Neros or the later fat boy coins.&nbsp; I assume it is intermediate???&nbsp; I would not feel obligated to sell the coin for less than a &#039;solid&#039; price based on the speculation that it might be plated.&nbsp; This would be an obvious coin to show to a &#039;real&#039; expert but I do not know who that would be considering its location and the Covid situation.&nbsp; I would put off selling it until you were, yourself, convinced of the status.&nbsp; Meanwhile, it would be good to research any similar coins you can.&nbsp; Does BnF allow citizen visits for things like this? </p><p><br /></p><p>Gut feeling probably right about half of the time at best:&nbsp; Good coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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