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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 4392903, member: 42034&quot;]Very nice Trite.&nbsp; It appears to be better than 60% gold visually, did you have it tested?&nbsp;&nbsp; Note that there have been some studies done on these early electrum pieces which indicate that the smaller the denomination, the higher the gold content.&nbsp; In recall reading somewhere that the trites or maybe it was smaller, could go up to 80% gold.&nbsp; I have one of these, but a full stater of Samos (Ionian also) which was listed at 40% gold.&nbsp; It is indeed very white in appearance.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d love to get some of these things analyzed for metallurgy one of these days...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also a good comment by QuintipleSovereign.&nbsp; The new generation seems absolutely uninterested in coins or history and particularly anything old.&nbsp; Also the demographics of this country are changing and the new people are not historically coin collectors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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