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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2488504, member: 26302&quot;]Not tin, its actually silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>From what I have read, we have a decent understanding of how they did it. Make a copper planchet with say 5% silver. Now soak the planchets in salt water for a period of time. The salt water will leech out the copper atoms on the surface of the planchets. Take them out and strike them. Since the surface is not silver rich, the heat of the strike will cause the silver to melt and coat the outside with a thin layer of silver. </p><p><br /></p><p>No magical plating required, and the populace gets to lie to themselves that the government coins aren&#039;t debased. A friend strikes coins for medieval festivals, and has tried this. He said its not as good as the Romans achieved, but it did coat the coin in silver. I am sure the Romans, with all of their mints, got it down to a science eventually.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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