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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 24857781, member: 31620&quot;]This is the most extreme examples I have owned which I will share as illustration.</p><p><br /></p><p>This denarius (two different images of the same coin under different setups) of Septimius Severus is extremely light (1.459g) but superficially looks like good silver. The coin is clearly struck and not a cast fake. The surfaces have a &quot;frosted&quot; look that I now link with harsh chemical cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only real evidence of the loss of copper from the alloy of the coin is the light weight. You would have to perform a metallurgical analysis on the alloy of the coin to verify this but for such an example it isn&#039;t worth the effort or expense.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI%20064ad%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins/27735q00.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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