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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2060562, member: 42773&quot;]Well, one collects them for their intrigue rather than their aesthetics, because most of them sure ain&#039;t purdy. I recently read an article in AJN by Paul Keyser called <i>Greco-Roman Alchemy and Coins of Imitation Silver.</i> He analyzes 17 imitation silver coins of various eras and describes the different ways they were produced.</p><p><br /></p><p>Did you know there were three different (known) plating methods? Ag foil soldered to flan, Ag foil fused to flan, and Ag filings fused to flan. And that&#039;s just the tip of the iceberg of imitation silver. Ancient metallurgists were far more sophisticated than we may give them credit for.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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