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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8123937, member: 19463&quot;]Not being willing or able to continue adding coins to my collection has provided me with free time to play with my associated hobby, Coin Photography.&nbsp; Latest have been some trials and many failures in super macro showing parts of coins.&nbsp; The hardest part is finding a coin that would benefit from being examined this close.&nbsp; That does not mean that I need mint state beauties (I won&#039;t be outbidding you for those) but to find details that show something &#039;interesting&#039; or even &#039;educational&#039;.&nbsp; This post will show two plated coins.&nbsp; The hope here is to provide an image in 2048 pixels (Facebook limit) that says something worth saying.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>First is a fourree Athenian tetradrachm looking down into the valley of its testcut.</p><p>It was fun to do but really has no value over the photo of the whole coin.&nbsp; Click to enlarge:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1414616[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The last two show both sides of a fourree Augustus denarius.&nbsp; The obverse of this coin has a classic example of the seam in the silver wrap that condemns the coin as plated. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1414617[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse confirms this with plating breaks showing copper under the silver.&nbsp; It is important to remember that copper on a plated coin is under the silver.&nbsp; We see some solid silver or billon coins incorrectly called fourree because they have copper deposits on top of the silver rather than under it.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1414618[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Suggestions for other subjects that would lend themselves to this &#039;revealing&#039; closer look would be appreciated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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