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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4579403, member: 97383"]Donna, I don't believe the Antioch Tets were silvered by a plating method, there was on need to do this. When freshly struck they had the appearance of silver despite being billon. The mint state Mexican peso pictured below is only 10% silver but looks like a high-grade silver coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1133977[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Your Tet of Philip II looks like it was cleaned in a chemical solution or commercial dip of some kind.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4579403, member: 97383"]Donna, I don't believe the Antioch Tets were silvered by a plating method, there was on need to do this. When freshly struck they had the appearance of silver despite being billon. The mint state Mexican peso pictured below is only 10% silver but looks like a high-grade silver coin. [ATTACH=full]1133977[/ATTACH] Your Tet of Philip II looks like it was cleaned in a chemical solution or commercial dip of some kind.[/QUOTE]
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