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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2275594, member: 19463&quot;]I have two Pius tets that illustrate what I consider a problem with the silver of this period.&nbsp; These are low grade silver.&nbsp; Perhaps they are too good to call billon but they have a lot of base metal in the mix.&nbsp; This makes them suckers for corrosion in burial and being ruined by overcleaning.&nbsp; Acids that might help a 50% silver denarius can wreck a 25% coin.&nbsp; I do not know what the metal content of these is but we see many bright and rough tets and a few smooth and dark ones.&nbsp; My overcleaned Spes is a lot less worn than my toned Nilus.&nbsp; I wish people who batch process these would use care.&nbsp; As it is, I strongly prefer my worn coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]454005[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454006[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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