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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Varangian, post: 3053968, member: 89012&quot;]I often see desriptions of late 3rd century Antoniniani as having a “silver wash”.&nbsp; I have always had a fanciful vision of a mint employee with a paint brush and pot of molten silver!&nbsp; Regardless, this has always seemed to imply the silver was added after the underlying base metal planchet was struck to ensure the finished product looked “silvery”.&nbsp; However that seems overly time consuming, even for such a labor intensive minting process that cranked massive quantities in those years. Any insights on how this process was implemented?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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