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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 3074739, member: 95174&quot;]Good question, the Metropolitan issues had a silver wash on them, however that is speculation on my part, I have seen silver washed tetartera ( 3 or 4 in twenty years.), I have owned coins with traces of the silver wash on them but the issues of Constantinople are rare compared to the regional issues. In fact Grierson thought they were for ceremonial use only, Hendy disagreed and I must agree with Hendy.</p><p>So the coins we see today regional and metropolitan look very similar&nbsp; for the simple fact the silver wash did not last.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is SBCV 1922, not normal, not silver washed but heavy silver content. This coin was minted by Alexius in Constantinople. Don&#039;t confuse this with the prereform tetartera that were minted before 1092, they were silver , this one should not be.This coin is in my collection. [ATTACH=full]773154[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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